Gapsted

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 159 people in Gapsted of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Gapsted was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.6% of the population.

Of people in Gapsted aged 15 years and over, 60.6% were married and 7.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gapsted was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Gapsted, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 0.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gapsted was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 0 years.

In Gapsted 32.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.0% were in primary school, 38.5% in secondary school and 7.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gapsted were English 28.7%, Australian 21.5%, Italian 17.7%, Irish 12.0% and Scottish 4.3%.

In Gapsted, 78.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 8.1%, Germany 2.5%, Spain 2.5%, United States of America 2.5% and Lebanon 1.9%.

In Gapsted, 60.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gapsted were Catholic 46.3%, Uniting Church 13.6%, Anglican 11.1%, No Religion 11.1% and Islam 4.3%.

In Gapsted 79.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 9.8%, Arabic 2.5%, German 1.8% and Japanese 1.8%.

Employment

There were 74 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gapsted. Of these 54.1% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gapsted, 17.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gapsted was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Gapsted included Managers 24.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.4%, Sales Workers 15.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.1%, Professionals 9.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.0%, Labourers 7.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Gapsted, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Installation Services 11.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 9.0%, Local Government Administration 9.0%, Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing 6.4% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 5.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gapsted was $388.

In Gapsted, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.6%, Walked only 6.4%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Bus 3.8% and Truck 3.8%. On the day, 3.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gapsted, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.6% provided care for children and 21.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.7% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Gapsted, 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gapsted, 41.5% were couple families with children, 58.5% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Gapsted 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gapsted, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,625 and those without children was $1,291.

Employment status of couple families

In Gapsted, of couple families with children, 10.3% had both partners employed full-time, 10.3% had both employed part-time and 38.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gapsted, 80.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gapsted, 94.8% were separate houses, 5.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Gapsted, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 22.0% had 2 bedrooms and 50.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gapsted, 60.3% were owned outright, 25.9% were owned with a mortgage and 8.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Gapsted, of all households, 72.9% were family households, 27.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Gapsted, 37.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.7% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Gapsted, 41.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gapsted, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Gapsted, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Gapsted, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.