South Geelong

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 907 people in South Geelong of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in South Geelong was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in South Geelong aged 15 years and over, 41.0% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Geelong was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In South Geelong, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Geelong was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In South Geelong 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.2% were in primary school, 13.7% in secondary school and 27.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Geelong were Australian 26.3%, English 26.2%, Irish 12.7%, Scottish 9.0% and Italian 3.6%.

In South Geelong, 79.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, India 1.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.2%, Italy 1.0% and Scotland 0.9%.

In South Geelong, 65.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Geelong were Catholic 31.9%, No Religion 30.0%, Anglican 10.0%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In South Geelong 86.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.8%, Mandarin 1.1%, Indonesian 1.0%, Serbian 0.4% and Malayalam 0.4%.

Employment

There were 526 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Geelong. Of these 58.7% were employed full time, 28.7% were employed part-time and 6.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Geelong, 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Geelong was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in South Geelong included Professionals 28.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Managers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 8.3%, Labourers 6.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in South Geelong, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.9%, School Education 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Tertiary Education 4.3% and Other Social Assistance Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Geelong was $668.

In South Geelong, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.2%, Walked only 8.6%, Train 4.5%, Car, as passenger 3.3% and Bus 1.6%. On the day, 8.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Geelong, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.8% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.6% 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 South Geelong, 29.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Geelong, 38.1% were couple families with children, 41.6% were couple families without children and 16.4% were one parent families.

In South Geelong 24.3% of single parents were male and 75.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Geelong, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,308 and those without children was $2,139.

Employment status of couple families

In South Geelong, of couple families with children, 24.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 29.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Geelong, 91.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Geelong, 70.1% were separate houses, 9.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 20.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In South Geelong, of occupied private dwellings 5.8% had 1 bedroom, 35.9% had 2 bedrooms and 42.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Geelong, 27.5% were owned outright, 35.1% were owned with a mortgage and 35.6% were rented.

Household composition

In South Geelong, of all households, 56.5% were family households, 35.4% were single person households and 8.1% were group households.

In South Geelong, 22.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.8% 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 South Geelong, 46.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Geelong, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 9 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 South Geelong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,833.

In South Geelong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.