Great Western

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 570 people in Great Western of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Great Western was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.4% of the population.

Of people in Great Western aged 15 years and over, 54.8% were married and 14.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Great Western was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Great Western, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Great Western was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Great Western 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.0% were in primary school, 26.1% in secondary school and 15.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Great Western were Australian 33.9%, English 29.6%, Scottish 8.8%, Irish 8.0% and German 5.5%.

In Great Western, 84.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, Afghanistan 1.8%, United States of America 0.9%, Fiji 0.5% and Germany 0.5%.

In Great Western, 84.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Great Western were No Religion 28.8%, Catholic 16.7%, Anglican 12.8%, Uniting Church 10.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Great Western 89.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hazaraghi 1.6%, Italian 0.5%, Other Southern European Languages, nec 0.5%, Latvian 0.5% and Persian (excluding Dari) 0.5%.

Employment

There were 300 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Great Western. Of these 56.7% were employed full time, 32.0% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Great Western, 11.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Great Western was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Great Western included Managers 20.4%, Professionals 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Labourers 7.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Great Western, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 6.3%, Hospitals 6.3%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.0%, School Education 4.9% and Beverage Manufacturing 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Great Western was $513.

In Great Western, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.8%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Walked only 3.1%, Bus 1.0% and Bus, car as passenger 1.0%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Great Western, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.5% provided care for children and 9.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.6% 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 Great Western, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Great Western, 38.0% were couple families with children, 48.0% were couple families without children and 12.0% were one parent families.

In Great Western 29.4% of single parents were male and 70.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Great Western, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,125 and those without children was $1,485.

Employment status of couple families

In Great Western, of couple families with children, 24.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 28.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Great Western, 85.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Great Western, 85.9% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 12.7% were other dwellings.

In Great Western, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 11.3% had 2 bedrooms and 39.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Great Western, 40.0% were owned outright, 37.3% were owned with a mortgage and 9.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Great Western, of all households, 68.8% were family households, 29.9% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Great Western, 33.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.6% 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 Great Western, 16.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Great Western, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Great Western, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $250.

In Great Western, 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.