Gatton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,869 people in Gatton of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Gatton was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.6% of the population.

Of people in Gatton aged 15 years and over, 44.1% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gatton was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Gatton, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gatton was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Gatton 29.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.3% were in primary school, 18.8% in secondary school and 23.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gatton were Australian 28.6%, English 23.2%, German 13.0%, Irish 7.6% and Scottish 4.6%.

In Gatton, 76.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Korea, Republic of (South) 1.9%, India 1.7%, Taiwan 1.5%, England 1.5% and Sudan 1.2%.

In Gatton, 69.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gatton were Catholic 22.4%, No Religion 17.2%, Anglican 14.0%, Lutheran 11.9% and Uniting Church 5.7%.

In Gatton 80.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 2.5%, Korean 1.8%, Mandarin 1.6%, Cantonese 0.7% and Japanese 0.6%.

Employment

There were 3,200 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gatton. Of these 54.1% were employed full time, 32.8% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gatton, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gatton was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The most common occupations in Gatton included Labourers 29.1%, Managers 11.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.7%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Professionals 9.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Gatton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 11.5%, School Education 4.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2% and Road Freight Transport 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gatton was $446.

In Gatton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.4%, Car, as passenger 16.0%, Walked only 4.1%, Bus 1.7% and Truck 1.4%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gatton, 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, 26.5% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.7% 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 Gatton, 22.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gatton, 37.4% were couple families with children, 42.0% were couple families without children and 18.9% were one parent families.

In Gatton 17.5% of single parents were male and 82.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gatton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,766 and those without children was $1,446.

Employment status of couple families

In Gatton, of couple families with children, 18.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 20.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gatton, 92.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gatton, 83.7% were separate houses, 4.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Gatton, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 12.7% had 2 bedrooms and 50.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gatton, 30.8% were owned outright, 22.6% were owned with a mortgage and 40.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Gatton, of all households, 66.1% were family households, 25.7% were single person households and 8.1% were group households.

In Gatton, 32.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.0% 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 Gatton, 34.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gatton, there were 187 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 93 (or 49.7%) were male and 94 (or 50.3%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Gatton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $830.

In Gatton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $212 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,410.