Gindie

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 382 people in Gindie of these 54.7% were male and 45.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Gindie was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.7% of the population.

Of people in Gindie aged 15 years and over, 60.1% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gindie was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Gindie, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gindie was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Gindie 25.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.5% were in primary school, 20.8% in secondary school and 4.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gindie were Australian 31.7%, English 26.1%, German 8.6%, Scottish 7.8% and Irish 7.8%.

In Gindie, 81.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were South Africa 2.1%, New Zealand 1.8%, Philippines 1.8%, Romania 1.8% and India 1.3%.

In Gindie, 78.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gindie were Catholic 24.2%, Anglican 18.5%, Uniting Church 15.4%, No Religion 9.1% and Christian, nfd 8.6%.

In Gindie 84.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 3.1%, Romanian 1.6%, Korean 1.3%, Vietnamese 1.0% and Danish 0.8%.

Employment

There were 225 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gindie. Of these 70.7% were employed full time, 15.6% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gindie, 3.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 62.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gindie was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Gindie included Managers 37.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.4%, Labourers 14.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.8%, Professionals 8.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 2.8% and Sales Workers 1.9%.

Of the employed people in Gindie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 36.3%, Coal Mining 9.3%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 8.4%, Road Freight Transport 4.2% and Accommodation 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gindie was $702.

In Gindie, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.7%, Walked only 11.2%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Truck 1.9% and Other 1.9%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gindie, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.2% provided care for children and 7.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.1% 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 Gindie, 19.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gindie, 48.1% were couple families with children, 48.1% were couple families without children and 3.8% were one parent families.

In Gindie 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gindie, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,550 and those without children was $2,111.

Employment status of couple families

In Gindie, of couple families with children, 36.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 20.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gindie, 88.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gindie, 83.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 16.8% were other dwellings.

In Gindie, of occupied private dwellings 8.1% had 1 bedroom, 9.6% had 2 bedrooms and 32.6% 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 Gindie, 36.2% were owned outright, 18.1% were owned with a mortgage and 38.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Gindie, of all households, 74.8% were family households, 21.5% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Gindie, 19.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.8% 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 Gindie, 19.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gindie, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 66.7%) were male and 3 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 6 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 Gindie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Gindie, 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.