The Gurdies

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 392 people in The Gurdies of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in The Gurdies was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.1% of the population.

Of people in The Gurdies aged 15 years and over, 48.3% were married and 17.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in The Gurdies was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In The Gurdies, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in The Gurdies was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In The Gurdies 24.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.1% were in primary school, 12.8% in secondary school and 9.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in The Gurdies were English 31.1%, Australian 28.0%, Scottish 10.2%, Irish 7.2% and Dutch 2.9%.

In The Gurdies, 68.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.9%, New Zealand 3.3%, Scotland 1.3%, Greece 1.0% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.8%.

In The Gurdies, 60.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in The Gurdies were No Religion 26.9%, Anglican 26.6%, Catholic 16.4%, Uniting Church 7.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6%.

In The Gurdies 85.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.8%, Italian 0.8%, Russian 0.8% and Croatian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 159 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in The Gurdies. Of these 57.9% were employed full time, 24.5% were employed part-time and 8.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in The Gurdies, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in The Gurdies was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in The Gurdies included Managers 22.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.0%, Labourers 13.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.9%, Professionals 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.5% and Sales Workers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in The Gurdies, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 10.3%, Dairy Cattle Farming 7.5%, Building Installation Services 5.5%, Road Freight Transport 5.5% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in The Gurdies was $494.

In The Gurdies, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.9%, Walked only 6.1%, Car, as passenger 2.0%, Motorbike/scooter 2.0% and Train, car as driver 2.0%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In The Gurdies, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.1% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.0% 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 The Gurdies, 21.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in The Gurdies, 31.6% were couple families with children, 57.9% were couple families without children and 10.5% were one parent families.

In The Gurdies 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In The Gurdies, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $1,916.

Employment status of couple families

In The Gurdies, of couple families with children, 20.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 10.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In The Gurdies, 72.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Gurdies, 96.1% were separate houses, 3.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In The Gurdies, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 17.1% had 2 bedrooms and 46.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Gurdies, 45.1% were owned outright, 30.7% were owned with a mortgage and 20.3% were rented.

Household composition

In The Gurdies, of all households, 58.6% were family households, 38.8% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In The Gurdies, 32.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.6% 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 The Gurdies, 31.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In The Gurdies, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (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 The Gurdies, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In The Gurdies, 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.