Upper Gundowring

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 371 people in Upper Gundowring of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Upper Gundowring was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.5% of the population.

Of people in Upper Gundowring aged 15 years and over, 58.0% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Upper Gundowring was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Upper Gundowring, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Upper Gundowring was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 56 years.

In Upper Gundowring 33.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.0% were in primary school, 27.0% in secondary school and 13.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Upper Gundowring were Australian 36.7%, English 30.3%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 6.0% and Italian 4.5%.

In Upper Gundowring, 89.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 1.6%, England 1.1%, Germany 0.8%, India 0.8% and Japan 0.8%.

In Upper Gundowring, 80.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Upper Gundowring were No Religion 24.7%, Anglican 20.4%, Catholic 16.9%, Uniting Church 10.5% and Christian, nfd 5.6%.

In Upper Gundowring 92.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 2.1%, Hindi 1.1% and German 0.8%.

Employment

There were 183 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Upper Gundowring. Of these 54.1% were employed full time, 37.7% were employed part-time and 1.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Upper Gundowring, 16.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Upper Gundowring was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Upper Gundowring included Managers 39.9%, Professionals 15.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.1%, Labourers 9.6%, Sales Workers 6.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Upper Gundowring, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 17.3%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.2%, Hospitals 8.4%, School Education 7.8% and Accommodation 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Upper Gundowring was $463.

In Upper Gundowring, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.4%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Walked only 3.3%, Other 2.8% and Truck 1.7%. 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 50.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Upper Gundowring, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.2% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 36.4% 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 Upper Gundowring, 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Upper Gundowring, 46.9% were couple families with children, 38.8% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Upper Gundowring 26.7% of single parents were male and 73.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Upper Gundowring, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,700 and those without children was $1,275.

Employment status of couple families

In Upper Gundowring, of couple families with children, 21.4% had both partners employed full-time, 9.5% had both employed part-time and 25.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Upper Gundowring, 79.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Gundowring, 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 Upper Gundowring, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 17.6% had 2 bedrooms and 47.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Gundowring, 51.1% were owned outright, 29.6% were owned with a mortgage and 19.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Upper Gundowring, of all households, 72.4% were family households, 27.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Upper Gundowring, 33.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.4% 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 Upper Gundowring, 27.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Upper Gundowring, 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 Upper Gundowring, 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 Upper Gundowring, 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.