Goolwa South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,011 people in Goolwa South of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Goolwa South was 54 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 34.6% of the population.

Of people in Goolwa South aged 15 years and over, 50.5% were married and 17.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Goolwa South was 65 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Goolwa South, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Goolwa South was 65 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 52 years.

In Goolwa South 17.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.6% were in primary school, 22.1% in secondary school and 6.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Goolwa South were English 40.6%, Australian 25.9%, Scottish 7.6%, Irish 6.5% and German 6.4%.

In Goolwa South, 77.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.4%, New Zealand 1.4%, Germany 1.3%, Netherlands 1.3% and Wales 0.6%.

In Goolwa South, 65.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Goolwa South were No Religion 31.7%, Anglican 20.5%, Catholic 13.5%, Uniting Church 12.1% and Lutheran 3.8%.

In Goolwa South 93.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.3%, Dutch 0.5%, Danish 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3% and Filipino 0.3%.

Employment

There were 341 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Goolwa South. Of these 44.3% were employed full time, 42.8% were employed part-time and 7.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Goolwa South, 16.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 31.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Goolwa South was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Goolwa South included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.4%, Managers 13.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.8%, Professionals 12.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Labourers 11.3%, Sales Workers 10.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Goolwa South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.8%, Residential Care Services 4.9%, Other Social Assistance Services 4.9%, Hospitals 4.5% and Residential Building Construction 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Goolwa South was $380.

In Goolwa South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.7%, Car, as passenger 2.6%, Bicycle 2.3%, Walked only 2.3% and Bus 1.0%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Goolwa South, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.6% provided care for children and 17.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.5% 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 Goolwa South, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Goolwa South, 20.0% were couple families with children, 59.3% were couple families without children and 19.7% were one parent families.

In Goolwa South 18.6% of single parents were male and 81.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Goolwa South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,343 and those without children was $1,312.

Employment status of couple families

In Goolwa South, of couple families with children, 5.8% had both partners employed full-time, 6.7% had both employed part-time and 15.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Goolwa South, 45.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 54.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Goolwa South, 91.2% were separate houses, 4.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Goolwa South, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 22.6% had 2 bedrooms and 60.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Goolwa South, 41.7% were owned outright, 26.5% were owned with a mortgage and 28.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Goolwa South, of all households, 63.4% were family households, 33.8% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Goolwa South, 43.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.1% 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 Goolwa South, 47.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Goolwa South, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 39.3%) were male and 17 (or 60.7%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Goolwa South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.7 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $733.

In Goolwa South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $165 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.