Greta West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 251 people in Greta West of these 47.0% were male and 53.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Greta West was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.0% of the population.

Of people in Greta West aged 15 years and over, 65.7% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Greta West was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Greta West, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Greta West was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Greta West 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.0% were in primary school, 30.0% in secondary school and 14.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Greta West were Australian 31.8%, English 29.9%, Irish 12.8%, Scottish 9.3% and German 3.1%.

In Greta West, 90.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.3%, India 1.2% and Scotland 1.2%.

In Greta West, 82.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Greta West were Catholic 28.5%, No Religion 20.6%, Anglican 18.2%, Uniting Church 11.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Greta West 96.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 1.6%.

Employment

There were 150 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Greta West. Of these 51.3% were employed full time, 40.0% were employed part-time and 2.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Greta West, 15.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Greta West was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Greta West included Managers 29.9%, Sales Workers 11.8%, Professionals 11.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.4%, Labourers 10.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Greta West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 14.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.1%, Hospitals 4.1%, Local Government Administration 3.4% and Road Freight Transport 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Greta West was $502.

In Greta West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.7%, Car, as passenger 2.0%, Truck 2.0%, Motorbike/scooter 2.0% and Train, car as driver 2.0%. 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 64.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Greta West, of people aged 15 years and over, 86.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.5% provided care for children and 16.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.6% 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 Greta West, 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 26.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Greta West, 33.3% were couple families with children, 58.0% were couple families without children and 8.6% were one parent families.

In Greta West 60.0% of single parents were male and 40.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Greta West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,625 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Greta West, of couple families with children, 20.5% had both partners employed full-time, 6.8% had both employed part-time and 31.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Greta West, 85.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greta West, 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 Greta West, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.7% had 2 bedrooms and 52.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greta West, 49.5% were owned outright, 40.9% were owned with a mortgage and 6.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Greta West, of all households, 87.2% were family households, 12.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Greta West, 19.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 West, 12.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 43.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Greta West, 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 Greta West, 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 Greta West, 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.