South Gladstone

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,626 people in South Gladstone of these 53.2% were male and 46.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.5% of the population.

The median age of people in South Gladstone was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.9% of the population.

Of people in South Gladstone aged 15 years and over, 43.2% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Gladstone was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In South Gladstone, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Gladstone was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In South Gladstone 27.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.2% were in primary school, 15.5% in secondary school and 15.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Gladstone were Australian 32.3%, English 28.1%, Irish 7.1%, Scottish 6.5% and German 3.9%.

In South Gladstone, 75.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.4%, England 3.1%, Philippines 2.5%, India 0.9% and South Africa 0.5%.

In South Gladstone, 69.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Gladstone were Catholic 24.9%, No Religion 22.5%, Anglican 18.6%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In South Gladstone 85.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 1.2%, Filipino 0.8%, Hindi 0.5%, Telugu 0.4% and Mandarin 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,927 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Gladstone. Of these 68.8% were employed full time, 18.6% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Gladstone, 6.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Gladstone was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in South Gladstone included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.0%, Professionals 14.3%, Labourers 13.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.5%, Managers 9.1%, Sales Workers 8.1% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in South Gladstone, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 9.3%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 5.4%, School Education 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Gladstone was $730.

In South Gladstone, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.0%, Car, as passenger 8.0%, Walked only 3.3%, Motorbike/scooter 2.3% and Bus 1.6%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Gladstone, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.0% provided care for children and 7.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.7% 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 South Gladstone, 25.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Gladstone, 43.8% were couple families with children, 39.5% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In South Gladstone 26.7% of single parents were male and 73.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Gladstone, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,706 and those without children was $2,395.

Employment status of couple families

In South Gladstone, of couple families with children, 24.6% had both partners employed full-time, 1.3% had both employed part-time and 21.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Gladstone, 88.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Gladstone, 67.2% were separate houses, 5.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 22.8% were flats, units or apartments and 4.2% were other dwellings.

In South Gladstone, of occupied private dwellings 4.4% had 1 bedroom, 27.7% had 2 bedrooms and 38.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Gladstone, 21.4% were owned outright, 29.0% were owned with a mortgage and 46.5% were rented.

Household composition

In South Gladstone, of all households, 64.7% were family households, 30.0% were single person households and 5.3% were group households.

In South Gladstone, 21.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.8% 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 South Gladstone, 37.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Gladstone, there were 125 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 62 (or 49.6%) were male and 63 (or 50.4%) were female. The median age was 29 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 South Gladstone, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,613.

In South Gladstone, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.