Goon Nure

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 180 people in Goon Nure of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Goon Nure was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.9% of the population.

Of people in Goon Nure aged 15 years and over, 57.8% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Goon Nure was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Goon Nure, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Goon Nure was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Goon Nure 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.0% were in primary school, 22.9% in secondary school and 12.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Goon Nure were Australian 30.1%, English 29.7%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 8.0% and Italian 6.0%.

In Goon Nure, 83.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.3%, Ireland 1.7%, Italy 1.7% and Spain 1.7%.

In Goon Nure, 84.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Goon Nure were Catholic 28.1%, No Religion 21.3%, Anglican 20.8%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.1%.

In Goon Nure 92.2% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 113 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Goon Nure. Of these 54.0% were employed full time, 38.9% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Goon Nure, 14.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Goon Nure was 54 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Goon Nure included Managers 36.9%, Professionals 17.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.7%, Sales Workers 5.8%, Labourers 5.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Goon Nure, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 26.9%, Residential Care Services 7.7%, School Education 6.7%, Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing 3.8% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Goon Nure was $469.

In Goon Nure, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 48.5%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Walked only 4.9% and Other 2.9%. 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 57.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Goon Nure, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.6% provided care for children and 19.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.2% 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 Goon Nure, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Goon Nure, 37.7% were couple families with children, 50.9% were couple families without children and 11.3% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Goon Nure, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,291 and those without children was $1,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Goon Nure, of couple families with children, 32.6% had both partners employed full-time, 19.6% had both employed part-time and 26.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Goon Nure, 72.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Goon Nure, 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 Goon Nure, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 13.6% 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 Goon Nure, 45.7% were owned outright, 28.6% were owned with a mortgage and 20.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Goon Nure, of all households, 75.8% were family households, 18.2% were single person households and 6.1% were group households.

In Goon Nure, 27.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.2% 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 Goon Nure, 19.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Goon Nure, 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 Goon Nure, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Goon Nure, 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.