New Gisborne

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,380 people in New Gisborne of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in New Gisborne was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.8% of the population.

Of people in New Gisborne aged 15 years and over, 58.0% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in New Gisborne was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In New Gisborne, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in New Gisborne was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In New Gisborne 33.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.7% were in primary school, 24.8% in secondary school and 16.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in New Gisborne were Australian 31.9%, English 29.0%, Irish 9.7%, Scottish 9.1% and German 3.9%.

In New Gisborne, 85.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, Scotland 1.1%, Germany 0.7%, United States of America 0.7% and New Zealand 0.6%.

In New Gisborne, 67.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in New Gisborne were Catholic 31.3%, No Religion 28.2%, Anglican 16.2%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Christian, nfd 3.1%.

In New Gisborne 94.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 0.6%, Italian 0.5%, Spanish 0.4%, German 0.4% and Malay 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,155 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in New Gisborne. Of these 58.7% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in New Gisborne, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in New Gisborne was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in New Gisborne included Professionals 21.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Managers 14.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Sales Workers 8.6%, Labourers 6.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in New Gisborne, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Building Installation Services 3.5% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in New Gisborne was $632.

In New Gisborne, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.9%, Train 5.4%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Walked only 1.5% and Train, tram, car as driver 1.0%. On the day, 8.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In New Gisborne, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.1% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.6% 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 New Gisborne, 28.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in New Gisborne, 57.3% were couple families with children, 29.3% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In New Gisborne 16.0% of single parents were male and 84.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In New Gisborne, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,413 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In New Gisborne, of couple families with children, 19.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 29.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In New Gisborne, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in New Gisborne, 97.0% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In New Gisborne, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 5.0% had 2 bedrooms and 41.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in New Gisborne, 33.8% were owned outright, 52.8% were owned with a mortgage and 11.8% were rented.

Household composition

In New Gisborne, of all households, 85.4% were family households, 13.6% were single person households and 1.1% were group households.

In New Gisborne, 14.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.1% 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 New Gisborne, 22.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In New Gisborne, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 37.5%) were male and 5 (or 62.5%) were female. The median age was 1 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 New Gisborne, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,449.

In New Gisborne, 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.