Guthalungra

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 222 people in Guthalungra of these 57.7% were male and 42.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 11.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Guthalungra was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.4% of the population.

Of people in Guthalungra aged 15 years and over, 47.4% were married and 17.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Guthalungra was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Guthalungra, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Guthalungra was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 25 years.

In Guthalungra 25.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.8% were in primary school, 11.9% in secondary school and 10.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Guthalungra were Australian 28.6%, English 22.8%, Italian 8.7%, Irish 6.8% and German 5.1%.

In Guthalungra, 85.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.3%, Germany 1.3%, New Zealand 1.3% and Philippines 1.3%.

In Guthalungra, 80.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Guthalungra were Catholic 33.2%, Anglican 22.9%, No Religion 13.0%, Uniting Church 10.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.7%.

In Guthalungra 86.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.4%, Italian 1.4% and Filipino 1.4%.

Employment

There were 112 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Guthalungra. Of these 60.7% were employed full time, 24.1% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Guthalungra, 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Guthalungra was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Guthalungra were Managers 36.1%, Labourers 25.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.4%, Sales Workers 4.6% and Professionals 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Guthalungra, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 25.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 14.0%, School Education 6.5%, Packaging Services 5.6% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Guthalungra was $576.

In Guthalungra, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 39.3%, Walked only 12.1%, Truck 3.7%, Car, as passenger 2.8% and Motorbike/scooter 2.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 44.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Guthalungra, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.5% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.0% 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 Guthalungra, 21.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Guthalungra, 39.0% were couple families with children, 54.2% were couple families without children and 6.8% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Guthalungra, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,474 and those without children was $1,199.

Employment status of couple families

In Guthalungra, of couple families with children, 23.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 15.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Guthalungra, 30.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 69.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Guthalungra, 76.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 23.8% were other dwellings.

In Guthalungra, of occupied private dwellings 21.2% had 1 bedroom, 26.2% had 2 bedrooms and 22.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Guthalungra, 48.1% were owned outright, 13.6% were owned with a mortgage and 30.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Guthalungra, of all households, 71.6% were family households, 23.5% were single person households and 4.9% were group households.

In Guthalungra, 32.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.9% 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 Guthalungra, 28.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Guthalungra, there were 24 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 45.8%) were male and 13 (or 54.2%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Guthalungra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.7, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,056.

In Guthalungra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.