West Gladstone

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,201 people in West Gladstone of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.6% of the population.

The median age of people in West Gladstone was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in West Gladstone aged 15 years and over, 44.6% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in West Gladstone was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In West Gladstone, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in West Gladstone was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In West Gladstone 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.9% were in primary school, 18.2% in secondary school and 13.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in West Gladstone were Australian 31.5%, English 26.3%, Irish 7.7%, Scottish 6.5% and German 5.5%.

In West Gladstone, 77.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.7%, England 2.2%, India 1.1%, Philippines 1.1% and South Africa 0.6%.

In West Gladstone, 71.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in West Gladstone were No Religion 22.0%, Catholic 21.9%, Anglican 16.4%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.8%.

In West Gladstone 85.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 0.6%, German 0.4%, Filipino 0.4%, Hindi 0.3% and Greek 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,632 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in West Gladstone. Of these 65.2% were employed full time, 22.2% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in West Gladstone, 7.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in West Gladstone was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in West Gladstone included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.8%, Professionals 14.3%, Labourers 14.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.3%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7% and Managers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in West Gladstone, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 7.9%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 6.3%, School Education 4.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in West Gladstone was $657.

In West Gladstone, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.7%, Car, as passenger 8.5%, Walked only 4.4%, Motorbike/scooter 1.8% and Bus 1.5%. 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 73.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In West Gladstone, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.1% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.6% 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 West Gladstone, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in West Gladstone, 39.6% were couple families with children, 40.2% were couple families without children and 18.1% were one parent families.

In West Gladstone 24.6% of single parents were male and 75.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In West Gladstone, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,542 and those without children was $2,275.

Employment status of couple families

In West Gladstone, of couple families with children, 22.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 18.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In West Gladstone, 90.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Gladstone, 83.0% were separate houses, 3.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In West Gladstone, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 16.5% had 2 bedrooms and 53.3% 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 West Gladstone, 28.2% were owned outright, 30.9% were owned with a mortgage and 37.6% were rented.

Household composition

In West Gladstone, of all households, 68.7% were family households, 26.5% were single person households and 4.8% were group households.

In West Gladstone, 21.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.7% 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 West Gladstone, 36.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In West Gladstone, there were 289 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 143 (or 49.5%) were male and 146 (or 50.5%) were female. The median age was 19 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 West Gladstone, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,659.

In West Gladstone, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.