Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 325 people in Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld) of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld) was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.6% of the population.

Of people in Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld) aged 15 years and over, 62.3% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld) was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 62.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld) was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld) 25.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.6% were in primary school, 26.7% in secondary school and 8.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld) were Australian 33.9%, English 24.6%, Scottish 10.0%, Irish 8.7% and German 3.9%.

In Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld), 81.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.3%, New Zealand 3.4%, Malta 1.2%, Barbados 0.9% and Denmark 0.9%.

In Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld), 75.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld) were Catholic 25.5%, Anglican 23.3%, No Religion 21.2%, Uniting Church 10.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.2%.

In Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld) 94.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.9%, Danish 0.9% and Filipino 0.9%.

Employment

There were 157 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld). Of these 63.1% were employed full time, 24.8% were employed part-time and 6.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld), 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld) was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld) included Managers 22.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.8%, Professionals 12.8%, Labourers 12.1%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 10.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 7.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.7%, School Education 5.4% and Building Installation Services 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld) was $510.

In Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.7%, Truck 6.7%, Other 3.4%, Car, as passenger 2.7% and Walked only 2.7%. On the day, 2.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 74.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.5% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.4% 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 Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld), 22.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld), 41.1% were couple families with children, 50.5% were couple families without children and 8.4% were one parent families.

In Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld) 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,916 and those without children was $1,944.

Employment status of couple families

In Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld), of couple families with children, 19.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 17.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld), 89.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld), 97.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.4% were other dwellings.

In Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld), of occupied private dwellings 6.5% had 1 bedroom, 25.8% had 2 bedrooms and 37.9% 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 Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld), 38.4% were owned outright, 42.4% were owned with a mortgage and 14.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld), of all households, 79.0% were family households, 17.7% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld), 31.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.0% 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 Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld), 22.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld), there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld), 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.