Golden Gully

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 263 people in Golden Gully of these 46.8% were male and 53.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Golden Gully was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.8% of the population.

Of people in Golden Gully aged 15 years and over, 45.0% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Golden Gully, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Golden Gully was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 26 years.

In Golden Gully 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.6% were in primary school, 26.8% in secondary school and 11.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Golden Gully were Australian 39.5%, English 34.8%, Irish 6.8%, Scottish 4.4% and German 3.8%.

In Golden Gully, 88.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.7%, Germany 1.1%, New Zealand 1.1% and Philippines 1.1%.

In Golden Gully, 84.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Golden Gully were No Religion 29.2%, Catholic 23.9%, Anglican 22.0%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Jehovah's Witnesses 3.8%.

In Golden Gully 95.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Mandarin 1.5%.

Employment

There were 136 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Golden Gully. Of these 51.5% were employed full time, 35.3% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Golden Gully, 17.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Golden Gully was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Golden Gully included Managers 17.3%, Sales Workers 14.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Professionals 10.2% and Labourers 10.2%.

Of the employed people in Golden Gully, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 9.6%, School Education 5.6%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 5.6%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.8% and Residential Care Services 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Golden Gully was $545.

In Golden Gully, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.9%, Car, as passenger 11.1%, Walked only 7.9%, Truck 4.8% and Bicycle 3.2%. 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 69.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Golden Gully, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.8% provided care for children and 15.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.8% 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 Golden Gully, 21.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Golden Gully, 50.0% were couple families with children, 33.3% were couple families without children and 16.7% were one parent families.

In Golden Gully 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Golden Gully, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,666 and those without children was $1,218.

Employment status of couple families

In Golden Gully, of couple families with children, 10.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 33.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Golden Gully, 88.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Golden Gully, 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 Golden Gully, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 3.5% had 2 bedrooms and 57.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Golden Gully, 40.5% were owned outright, 39.3% were owned with a mortgage and 16.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Golden Gully, of all households, 75.6% were family households, 19.8% were single person households and 4.7% were group households.

In Golden Gully, 15.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 Golden Gully, 15.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Golden Gully, 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 11 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 Golden Gully, 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 Golden Gully, 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.