Gawler West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,003 people in Gawler West of these 47.3% were male and 52.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Gawler West was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.2% of the population.

Of people in Gawler West aged 15 years and over, 34.5% were married and 20.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gawler West was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Gawler West, of people aged 15 years and over, 35.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gawler West was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Gawler West 31.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.6% were in primary school, 18.3% in secondary school and 15.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gawler West were English 34.2%, Australian 32.1%, German 6.3%, Irish 5.5% and Scottish 5.0%.

In Gawler West, 78.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.1%, Germany 1.0%, Philippines 1.0%, New Zealand 0.8% and Czech Republic 0.4%.

In Gawler West, 66.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gawler West were No Religion 33.2%, Anglican 14.1%, Catholic 13.5%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Lutheran 5.7%.

In Gawler West 89.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.8%, German 0.3%, Spanish 0.3%, Macedonian 0.3% and Bengali 0.3%.

Employment

There were 376 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gawler West. Of these 48.7% were employed full time, 36.7% were employed part-time and 9.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gawler West, 14.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 30.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gawler West was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Gawler West included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.3%, Labourers 15.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.1%, Professionals 10.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.1%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.9% and Managers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Gawler West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.6%, Residential Care Services 4.3%, School Education 3.2% and Other Social Assistance Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gawler West was $395.

In Gawler West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.2%, Train 5.8%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Train, bus 1.5% and Walked only 1.5%. On the day, 7.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gawler West, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.9% provided care for children and 14.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.1% 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 West, 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gawler West, 31.0% were couple families with children, 31.3% were couple families without children and 36.1% were one parent families.

In Gawler West 16.0% of single parents were male and 84.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gawler West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,777 and those without children was $1,659.

Employment status of couple families

In Gawler West, of couple families with children, 15.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 19.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gawler West, 90.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gawler West, 72.3% were separate houses, 26.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Gawler West, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 23.6% had 2 bedrooms and 61.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gawler West, 16.8% were owned outright, 30.1% were owned with a mortgage and 47.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Gawler West, of all households, 58.1% were family households, 39.3% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Gawler West, 45.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.8% 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 West, 43.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gawler West, there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 59.1%) were male and 9 (or 40.9%) were female. The median age was 9 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 West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $433.

In Gawler West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $120 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.