Grosmont

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 305 people in Grosmont of these 54.8% were male and 45.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Grosmont was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.5% of the population.

Of people in Grosmont aged 15 years and over, 63.8% were married and 6.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Grosmont was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Grosmont, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Grosmont was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Grosmont 24.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.9% were in primary school, 21.8% in secondary school and 3.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Grosmont were Australian 36.9%, English 34.2%, Irish 6.7%, Scottish 5.9% and German 3.5%.

In Grosmont, 89.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.3%, New Zealand 1.3% and Philippines 1.0%.

In Grosmont, 87.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Grosmont were Anglican 32.9%, Catholic 18.1%, Uniting Church 15.5%, No Religion 10.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.2%.

In Grosmont 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Filipino 1.0%.

Employment

There were 183 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Grosmont. Of these 76.0% were employed full time, 15.3% were employed part-time and 1.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Grosmont, 3.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 76.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Grosmont was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Grosmont were Managers 50.0%, Labourers 25.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.9%, Professionals 7.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.5% and Technicians and Trades Workers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Grosmont, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 60.2%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 3.3%, Residential Care Services 3.3%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 2.8% and School Education 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Grosmont was $519.

In Grosmont, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 32.4%, Walked only 10.1%, Other 7.3%, Car, as passenger 3.9% and Bus 1.7%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 37.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Grosmont, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.9% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.8% 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 Grosmont, 21.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Grosmont, 47.6% were couple families with children, 48.8% were couple families without children and 3.7% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Grosmont, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,041.

Employment status of couple families

In Grosmont, of couple families with children, 43.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 15.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Grosmont, 70.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Grosmont, 94.2% were separate houses, 5.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Grosmont, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 13.2% had 2 bedrooms and 43.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Grosmont, 36.2% were owned outright, 21.0% were owned with a mortgage and 36.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Grosmont, of all households, 82.7% were family households, 13.5% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Grosmont, 27.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Grosmont, 14.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 44.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Grosmont, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (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 Grosmont, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $100.

In Grosmont, 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.