Gawler South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,435 people in Gawler South of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Gawler South was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.2% of the population.

Of people in Gawler South aged 15 years and over, 43.8% were married and 14.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gawler South was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Gawler South, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gawler South was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Gawler South 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.9% were in primary school, 22.9% in secondary school and 18.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gawler South were English 35.1%, Australian 27.9%, German 7.0%, Irish 6.6% and Scottish 6.3%.

In Gawler South, 74.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.9%, Scotland 1.2%, New Zealand 0.9%, Italy 0.7% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In Gawler South, 60.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gawler South were No Religion 28.5%, Catholic 17.3%, Anglican 16.4%, Uniting Church 8.6% and Lutheran 5.9%.

In Gawler South 91.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.8%, Vietnamese 0.4%, Polish 0.4%, Hungarian 0.2% and German 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,160 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gawler South. Of these 56.8% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gawler South, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gawler South was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Gawler South included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.0%, Professionals 15.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.1%, Sales Workers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Labourers 10.1%, Managers 9.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Gawler South, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4%, Residential Care Services 2.8% and Road Freight Transport 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gawler South was $495.

In Gawler South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.0%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Train 4.5%, Walked only 3.6% and Train, car as driver 0.9%. On the day, 7.1% 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 Gawler South, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.5% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.8% 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 South, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gawler South, 38.7% were couple families with children, 38.5% were couple families without children and 20.9% were one parent families.

In Gawler South 24.6% of single parents were male and 75.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gawler South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,159 and those without children was $1,957.

Employment status of couple families

In Gawler South, of couple families with children, 17.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 25.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gawler South, 91.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gawler South, 81.5% were separate houses, 12.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Gawler South, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 27.9% had 2 bedrooms and 46.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gawler South, 29.3% were owned outright, 35.4% were owned with a mortgage and 31.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Gawler South, of all households, 62.7% were family households, 34.5% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Gawler South, 33.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.6% 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 South, 38.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gawler South, there were 42 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 24 (or 57.1%) were male and 18 (or 42.9%) 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 Gawler South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $633.

In Gawler South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $871.