Gordon Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,015 people in Gordon Park of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Gordon Park was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.4% of the population.

Of people in Gordon Park aged 15 years and over, 41.6% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gordon Park was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Gordon Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gordon Park was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Gordon Park 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.7% were in primary school, 15.0% in secondary school and 30.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gordon Park were Australian 25.2%, English 24.3%, Irish 12.4%, Scottish 8.2% and German 4.6%.

In Gordon Park, 75.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.2%, England 2.6%, India 2.2%, Italy 1.1% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.8%.

In Gordon Park, 61.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gordon Park were Catholic 35.8%, No Religion 23.3%, Anglican 14.2%, Uniting Church 4.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.7%.

In Gordon Park 84.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.8%, Mandarin 0.8%, Spanish 0.7%, Cantonese 0.7% and Punjabi 0.5%.

Employment

There were 2,505 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gordon Park. Of these 65.9% were employed full time, 25.9% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gordon Park, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gordon Park was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Gordon Park included Professionals 32.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.8%, Managers 14.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8%, Sales Workers 7.6%, Labourers 5.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Gordon Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 8.5%, School Education 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.8% and State Government Administration 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gordon Park was $900.

In Gordon Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.4%, Bus 13.5%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Train 3.0% and Walked only 2.7%. On the day, 19.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gordon Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.9% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.6% 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 Gordon Park, 31.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gordon Park, 44.1% were couple families with children, 38.2% were couple families without children and 13.6% were one parent families.

In Gordon Park 18.0% of single parents were male and 82.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gordon Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,874 and those without children was $2,454.

Employment status of couple families

In Gordon Park, of couple families with children, 30.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 25.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in Gordon Park, 57.2% were separate houses, 12.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 30.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Gordon Park, of occupied private dwellings 6.0% had 1 bedroom, 34.5% had 2 bedrooms and 35.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gordon Park, 22.2% were owned outright, 34.4% were owned with a mortgage and 41.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Gordon Park, of all households, 60.7% were family households, 31.7% were single person households and 7.6% were group households.

In Gordon Park, 13.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.0% 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 Gordon Park, 44.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gordon Park, there were 42 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 21 (or 50.0%) were male and 21 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Gordon Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,666.

In Gordon Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $370 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,781.