Grandchester

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 504 people in Grandchester of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Grandchester was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.7% of the population.

Of people in Grandchester aged 15 years and over, 48.1% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Grandchester, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Grandchester was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Grandchester 36.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.5% were in primary school, 19.8% in secondary school and 6.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Grandchester were Australian 32.0%, English 30.0%, German 6.5%, Irish 6.0% and Scottish 4.3%.

In Grandchester, 70.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.8%, England 2.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.6%, Japan 0.6% and Northern Ireland 0.6%.

In Grandchester, 75.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Grandchester were Anglican 23.8%, Catholic 18.8%, No Religion 14.7%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Christian, nfd 3.8%.

In Grandchester 79.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Lithuanian 0.6% and Japanese 0.6%.

Employment

There were 205 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Grandchester. Of these 57.6% were employed full time, 25.4% were employed part-time and 8.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Grandchester, 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Grandchester was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Grandchester included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.4%, Professionals 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Labourers 10.9%, Managers 10.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.9% and Sales Workers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Grandchester, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 7.9%, Local Government Administration 5.8%, School Education 5.8%, Residential Care Services 4.7% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Grandchester was $470.

In Grandchester, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.5%, Walked only 5.2%, Car, as passenger 3.1%, Truck 2.1% and Motorbike/scooter 1.6%. On the day, 4.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Grandchester, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.1% provided care for children and 8.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.1% 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 Grandchester, 22.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Grandchester, 52.1% were couple families with children, 43.6% were couple families without children and 4.3% were one parent families.

In Grandchester 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Grandchester, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,821 and those without children was $2,036.

Employment status of couple families

In Grandchester, of couple families with children, 22.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 18.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Grandchester, 90.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Grandchester, 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 Grandchester, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.8% had 2 bedrooms and 50.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Grandchester, 43.6% were owned outright, 42.4% were owned with a mortgage and 9.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Grandchester, of all households, 67.3% were family households, 29.7% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Grandchester, 29.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Grandchester, 29.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Grandchester, there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 53.3%) were male and 7 (or 46.7%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Grandchester, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,833.

In Grandchester, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,269.