Greta South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 248 people in Greta South of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Greta South was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.7% of the population.

Of people in Greta South aged 15 years and over, 62.3% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Greta South was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Greta South, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Greta South was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 56 years.

In Greta South 25.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.9% were in primary school, 20.6% in secondary school and 25.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Greta South were English 35.8%, Australian 30.2%, Irish 15.8%, Scottish 8.5% and Italian 2.3%.

In Greta South, 90.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.4%, Germany 1.2%, India 1.2% and United States of America 1.2%.

In Greta South, 84.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Greta South were No Religion 28.8%, Catholic 24.4%, Anglican 15.6%, Uniting Church 11.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.8%.

In Greta South 96.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was French 1.2%.

Employment

There were 145 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Greta South. Of these 57.2% were employed full time, 29.7% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Greta South, 4.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Greta South was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Greta South included Managers 36.7%, Professionals 23.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.2%, Labourers 7.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.0% and Sales Workers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Greta South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 15.7%, Dairy Cattle Farming 13.6%, Hospitals 5.7%, Beverage Manufacturing 5.0% and School Education 5.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Greta South was $542.

In Greta South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.2%, Walked only 6.4%, Motorbike/scooter 2.8%, Car, as passenger 2.1% and Other 2.1%. 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 60.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Greta South, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.3% provided care for children and 17.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 41.3% 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 Greta South, 24.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 21.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Greta South, 30.9% were couple families with children, 55.6% were couple families without children and 13.6% were one parent families.

In Greta South 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Greta South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,916 and those without children was $2,036.

Employment status of couple families

In Greta South, of couple families with children, 29.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 22.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Greta South, 82.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greta South, 94.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.9% were other dwellings.

In Greta South, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 16.2% had 2 bedrooms and 44.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greta South, 54.7% were owned outright, 36.8% were owned with a mortgage and 8.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Greta South, of all households, 79.2% were family households, 20.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Greta South, 29.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.5% 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 Greta South, 16.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Greta South, 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 Greta South, 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 $583.

In Greta South, 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.