Gawler River

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 193 people in Gawler River of these 53.4% were male and 46.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Gawler River was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.3% of the population.

Of people in Gawler River aged 15 years and over, 59.7% were married and 6.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gawler River was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Gawler River, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gawler River was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 61 years.

In Gawler River 32.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.7% were in primary school, 19.7% in secondary school and 19.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gawler River were English 37.0%, Australian 26.5%, German 8.9%, Italian 7.8% and Irish 6.2%.

In Gawler River, 78.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 6.2%, Italy 4.2%, Malta 1.6% and Netherlands 1.6%.

In Gawler River, 68.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gawler River were No Religion 26.7%, Catholic 24.1%, Uniting Church 16.2%, Anglican 13.6% and Christian, nfd 2.6%.

In Gawler River 90.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 3.7%.

Employment

There were 102 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gawler River. Of these 54.9% were employed full time, 30.4% were employed part-time and 7.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gawler River, 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gawler River was 54 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The most common occupations in Gawler River included Managers 27.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.4%, Professionals 11.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8%, Labourers 7.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.5% and Sales Workers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Gawler River, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 5.4%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 4.3%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.2% and Other Crop Growing 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gawler River was $385.

In Gawler River, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 50.0%, Walked only 11.1%, Car, as passenger 5.6% and Truck 4.4%. On the day, 5.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 53.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gawler River, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.3% provided care for children and 15.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.3% 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 River, 22.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gawler River, 47.8% were couple families with children, 39.1% were couple families without children and 13.0% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Gawler River, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,041 and those without children was $2,562.

Employment status of couple families

In Gawler River, of couple families with children, 8.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 37.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gawler River, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gawler River, 95.6% were separate houses, 4.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Gawler River, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 10.4% had 2 bedrooms and 43.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gawler River, 32.8% were owned outright, 32.8% were owned with a mortgage and 29.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Gawler River, of all households, 74.6% were family households, 17.9% were single person households and 7.5% were group households.

In Gawler River, 22.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.8% 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 Gawler River, 19.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gawler River, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 7 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 River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Gawler River, 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.