Gowrie Junction

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,939 people in Gowrie Junction of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Gowrie Junction was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.1% of the population.

Of people in Gowrie Junction aged 15 years and over, 61.6% were married and 7.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gowrie Junction was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Gowrie Junction, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gowrie Junction was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Gowrie Junction 31.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.1% were in primary school, 28.4% in secondary school and 11.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gowrie Junction were Australian 37.9%, English 26.0%, German 9.4%, Irish 7.8% and Scottish 6.8%.

In Gowrie Junction, 91.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.5%, New Zealand 1.3%, Scotland 0.4%, South Africa 0.4% and Zimbabwe 0.3%.

In Gowrie Junction, 83.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gowrie Junction were Catholic 26.5%, Anglican 23.9%, No Religion 14.4%, Lutheran 7.3% and Uniting Church 6.1%.

In Gowrie Junction 95.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.6%, Dutch 0.3%, Afrikaans 0.3%, Hindi 0.2% and German 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,041 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gowrie Junction. Of these 60.9% were employed full time, 30.2% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gowrie Junction, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gowrie Junction was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Gowrie Junction included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.2%, Labourers 14.4%, Professionals 13.1%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Managers 9.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in Gowrie Junction, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.2%, Hospitals 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, Road Freight Transport 3.8% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gowrie Junction was $603.

In Gowrie Junction, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.4%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Truck 2.6%, Walked only 1.0% and Train 0.4%. On the day, 0.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 81.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gowrie Junction, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.6% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.4% 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 Gowrie Junction, 27.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gowrie Junction, 57.1% were couple families with children, 34.2% were couple families without children and 7.9% were one parent families.

In Gowrie Junction 23.8% of single parents were male and 76.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gowrie Junction, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,049 and those without children was $1,962.

Employment status of couple families

In Gowrie Junction, of couple families with children, 22.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.0% had both employed part-time and 25.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gowrie Junction, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gowrie Junction, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Gowrie Junction, of occupied private dwellings 0.7% had 1 bedroom, 2.0% had 2 bedrooms and 34.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gowrie Junction, 27.7% were owned outright, 58.3% were owned with a mortgage and 12.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Gowrie Junction, of all households, 87.8% were family households, 10.5% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Gowrie Junction, 14.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.5% 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 Gowrie Junction, 16.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gowrie Junction, there were 65 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 27 (or 41.5%) were male and 38 (or 58.5%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Gowrie Junction, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,481.

In Gowrie Junction, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $290 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.