Golden Square

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,303 people in Golden Square of these 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Golden Square was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.4% of the population.

Of people in Golden Square aged 15 years and over, 42.3% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Golden Square was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Golden Square, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.6% 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 Square was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Golden Square 28.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.9% were in primary school, 20.4% in secondary school and 21.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Golden Square were English 32.1%, Australian 31.6%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 8.6% and German 3.1%.

In Golden Square, 88.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.4%, New Zealand 0.8%, Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 0.4%, Scotland 0.4% and Netherlands 0.3%.

In Golden Square, 83.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Golden Square were No Religion 28.8%, Catholic 22.3%, Anglican 16.5%, Uniting Church 9.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6%.

In Golden Square 92.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Karen 0.6%, Greek 0.2%, Cantonese 0.2%, Tagalog 0.2% and Italian 0.1%.

Employment

There were 3,961 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Golden Square. Of these 57.6% were employed full time, 32.1% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Golden Square, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Golden Square was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Golden Square included Professionals 18.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Labourers 13.3%, Sales Workers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Managers 9.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Golden Square, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.6%, School Education 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Depository Financial Intermediation 2.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Golden Square was $514.

In Golden Square, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.5%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Walked only 2.4%, Bicycle 1.3% and Bus 1.0%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Golden Square, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.2% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.2% 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 Square, 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Golden Square, 37.5% were couple families with children, 38.4% were couple families without children and 22.0% were one parent families.

In Golden Square 15.7% of single parents were male and 84.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Golden Square, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,793 and those without children was $1,735.

Employment status of couple families

In Golden Square, of couple families with children, 18.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 23.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Golden Square, 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Golden Square, 86.6% were separate houses, 4.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.4% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

In Golden Square, of occupied private dwellings 4.2% had 1 bedroom, 18.4% had 2 bedrooms and 56.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Golden Square, 31.9% were owned outright, 32.9% were owned with a mortgage and 32.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Golden Square, of all households, 64.8% were family households, 30.1% were single person households and 5.1% were group households.

In Golden Square, 30.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.6% 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 Square, 37.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Golden Square, there were 153 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 76 (or 49.7%) were male and 77 (or 50.3%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Square, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $949.

In Golden Square, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,939.