Long Gully

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,338 people in Long Gully of these 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Long Gully was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.0% of the population.

Of people in Long Gully aged 15 years and over, 36.8% were married and 15.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Long Gully was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Long Gully, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Long Gully was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Long Gully 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.1% were in primary school, 20.3% in secondary school and 15.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Long Gully were Australian 32.9%, English 31.8%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 6.9% and German 3.4%.

In Long Gully, 89.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.8%, New Zealand 0.7%, Netherlands 0.4%, Germany 0.3% and Greece 0.3%.

In Long Gully, 83.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Long Gully were No Religion 30.6%, Catholic 20.6%, Anglican 18.7%, Uniting Church 8.1% and Christian, nfd 2.9%.

In Long Gully 93.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.3%, Punjabi 0.2%, German 0.2%, Solomon Islands Pijin 0.1% and Auslan 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,293 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Long Gully. Of these 53.4% were employed full time, 31.3% were employed part-time and 9.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Long Gully, 14.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Long Gully was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Long Gully included Labourers 19.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.5%, Professionals 11.7%, Sales Workers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.5% and Managers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in Long Gully, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.0%, Hospitals 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, School Education 4.0% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Long Gully was $388.

In Long Gully, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.2%, Car, as passenger 8.0%, Walked only 2.3%, Bus 1.5% and Bicycle 0.9%. On the day, 2.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Long Gully, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.0% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.6% 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 Long Gully, 23.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Long Gully, 32.2% were couple families with children, 34.3% were couple families without children and 31.7% were one parent families.

In Long Gully 15.1% of single parents were male and 84.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Long Gully, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,630 and those without children was $1,534.

Employment status of couple families

In Long Gully, of couple families with children, 14.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 17.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Long Gully, 93.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Long Gully, 92.2% were separate houses, 3.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Long Gully, of occupied private dwellings 4.8% had 1 bedroom, 20.6% had 2 bedrooms and 61.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Long Gully, 28.1% were owned outright, 28.6% were owned with a mortgage and 39.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Long Gully, of all households, 62.6% were family households, 33.3% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Long Gully, 42.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.0% 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 Long Gully, 42.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Long Gully, there were 152 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 85 (or 55.9%) were male and 67 (or 44.1%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Long Gully, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $576.

In Long Gully, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $594.