Goombungee

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,032 people in Goombungee of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Goombungee was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.6% of the population.

Of people in Goombungee aged 15 years and over, 50.9% were married and 15.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Goombungee was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Goombungee, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Goombungee was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Goombungee 29.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.0% were in primary school, 19.2% in secondary school and 10.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Goombungee were Australian 32.5%, English 29.0%, German 13.2%, Irish 8.1% and Scottish 6.3%.

In Goombungee, 86.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.8%, New Zealand 1.3%, Canada 0.5%, Northern Ireland 0.4% and Papua New Guinea 0.4%.

In Goombungee, 84.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Goombungee were Catholic 20.2%, Anglican 19.7%, No Religion 16.0%, Lutheran 13.3% and Uniting Church 9.1%.

In Goombungee 93.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 0.5%.

Employment

There were 444 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Goombungee. Of these 61.3% were employed full time, 28.4% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Goombungee, 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Goombungee was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Goombungee included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.9%, Labourers 18.7%, Managers 13.0%, Professionals 11.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0% and Sales Workers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in Goombungee, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.0%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.5%, Road Freight Transport 4.0% and Coal Mining 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Goombungee was $464.

In Goombungee, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.1%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Walked only 3.5%, Truck 2.6% and Motorbike/scooter 2.4%. 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 73.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Goombungee, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.7% provided care for children and 12.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.8% 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 Goombungee, 25.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Goombungee, 43.0% were couple families with children, 41.2% were couple families without children and 13.7% were one parent families.

In Goombungee 21.1% of single parents were male and 78.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Goombungee, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,949 and those without children was $1,471.

Employment status of couple families

In Goombungee, of couple families with children, 17.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.6% had both employed part-time and 17.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Goombungee, 86.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Goombungee, 98.4% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Goombungee, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 15.3% had 2 bedrooms and 53.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Goombungee, 37.3% were owned outright, 37.3% were owned with a mortgage and 23.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Goombungee, of all households, 72.1% were family households, 24.7% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Goombungee, 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 Goombungee, 36.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Goombungee, there were 31 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 48.4%) were male and 16 (or 51.6%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Goombungee, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Goombungee, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,257.