Godwin Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 444 people in Godwin Beach of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Godwin Beach was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.0% of the population.

Of people in Godwin Beach aged 15 years and over, 49.6% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Godwin Beach was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Godwin Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Godwin Beach was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Godwin Beach 25.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.5% were in primary school, 19.5% in secondary school and 15.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Godwin Beach were English 31.9%, Australian 27.5%, Irish 7.1%, Scottish 6.3% and German 4.6%.

In Godwin Beach, 77.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.0%, New Zealand 5.4%, Cambodia 0.7%, Germany 0.7% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 0.7%.

In Godwin Beach, 66.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Godwin Beach were No Religion 24.5%, Anglican 18.9%, Catholic 15.5%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Jehovah's Witnesses 4.1%.

In Godwin Beach 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Thai 1.1%, German 0.9%, Greek 0.9% and Tagalog 0.9%.

Employment

There were 203 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Godwin Beach. Of these 56.7% were employed full time, 32.0% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Godwin Beach, 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Godwin Beach was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Godwin Beach included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.9%, Labourers 14.8%, Managers 13.7%, Sales Workers 12.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.9%, Professionals 9.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Godwin Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.6%, Road Freight Transport 5.5%, Residential Care Services 4.9%, Specialised Food Retailing 4.4% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Godwin Beach was $433.

In Godwin Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.1%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Train 1.6%, Bus 1.6% and Truck 1.6%. On the day, 5.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Godwin Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.2% provided care for children and 14.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.9% 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 Godwin Beach, 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Godwin Beach, 34.1% were couple families with children, 50.4% were couple families without children and 15.5% were one parent families.

In Godwin Beach 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Godwin Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,949 and those without children was $2,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Godwin Beach, of couple families with children, 18.7% had both partners employed full-time, 8.4% had both employed part-time and 13.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Godwin Beach, 90.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Godwin Beach, 95.4% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Godwin Beach, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 17.8% had 2 bedrooms and 49.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Godwin Beach, 30.3% were owned outright, 40.0% were owned with a mortgage and 26.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Godwin Beach, of all households, 71.8% were family households, 21.8% were single person households and 6.3% were group households.

In Godwin Beach, 36.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% 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 Godwin Beach, 37.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Godwin Beach, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 27.3%) were male and 8 (or 72.7%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Godwin Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Godwin Beach, 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.