Garvoc

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 282 people in Garvoc of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Garvoc was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.1% of the population.

Of people in Garvoc aged 15 years and over, 48.4% were married and 7.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Garvoc was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Garvoc, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Garvoc was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Garvoc 32.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.9% were in primary school, 25.5% in secondary school and 20.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Garvoc were Australian 35.9%, English 27.5%, Irish 15.8%, Scottish 8.7% and German 3.3%.

In Garvoc, 92.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.2% and New Zealand 1.8%.

In Garvoc, 83.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Garvoc were Catholic 38.4%, No Religion 23.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 10.0%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Anglican 7.1%.

In Garvoc 96.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Dutch 1.1%.

Employment

There were 153 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Garvoc. Of these 58.8% were employed full time, 30.7% were employed part-time and 2.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Garvoc, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Garvoc was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Garvoc included Managers 38.3%, Labourers 18.8%, Professionals 10.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5%, Sales Workers 5.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.5% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Garvoc, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 35.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.4%, School Education 5.2%, Dairy Product Manufacturing 4.5% and Residential Building Construction 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Garvoc was $480.

In Garvoc, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 41.4%, Walked only 8.6%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Motorbike/scooter 2.6% and Truck 2.0%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 47.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Garvoc, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.6% provided care for children and 14.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.4% 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 Garvoc, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Garvoc, 49.4% were couple families with children, 37.7% were couple families without children and 13.0% were one parent families.

In Garvoc 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Garvoc, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,843 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Garvoc, of couple families with children, 28.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 17.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Garvoc, 93.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Garvoc, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Garvoc, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 14.7% had 2 bedrooms and 44.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Garvoc, 38.9% were owned outright, 28.4% were owned with a mortgage and 28.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Garvoc, of all households, 80.0% were family households, 20.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Garvoc, 21.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.5% 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 Garvoc, 21.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Garvoc, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) 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 Garvoc, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Garvoc, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $120 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.