Gawler East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,740 people in Gawler East of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Gawler East was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.0% of the population.

Of people in Gawler East aged 15 years and over, 53.7% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gawler East was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Gawler East, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gawler East was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Gawler East 26.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.5% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 20.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gawler East were English 37.3%, Australian 31.2%, German 7.5%, Scottish 5.8% and Irish 5.6%.

In Gawler East, 77.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.3%, Scotland 1.2%, Germany 1.0%, New Zealand 0.6% and Netherlands 0.5%.

In Gawler East, 60.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gawler East were No Religion 27.4%, Anglican 18.0%, Catholic 15.9%, Uniting Church 11.5% and Lutheran 8.3%.

In Gawler East 94.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.6%, Italian 0.4%, Dutch 0.2%, Greek 0.2% and Spanish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,375 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gawler East. Of these 57.9% were employed full time, 30.5% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gawler East, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gawler East was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Gawler East included Professionals 17.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Managers 12.0%, Labourers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Sales Workers 10.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Gawler East, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.9%, Hospitals 2.7% and Residential Building Construction 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gawler East was $558.

In Gawler East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.0%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Train 2.7%, Walked only 2.3% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 4.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gawler East, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.1% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.5% 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 Gawler East, 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gawler East, 40.7% were couple families with children, 44.6% were couple families without children and 14.2% were one parent families.

In Gawler East 22.3% of single parents were male and 77.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gawler East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,217 and those without children was $2,045.

Employment status of couple families

In Gawler East, of couple families with children, 19.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 22.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gawler East, 90.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gawler East, 89.4% were separate houses, 9.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Gawler East, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 13.0% had 2 bedrooms and 50.7% 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 Gawler East, 38.1% were owned outright, 39.3% were owned with a mortgage and 19.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Gawler East, of all households, 74.4% were family households, 23.4% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Gawler East, 23.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.4% 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 Gawler East, 32.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gawler East, there were 50 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 24 (or 48.0%) were male and 26 (or 52.0%) were female. The median age was 39 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 Gawler East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.9 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,083.

In Gawler East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $975.