Gould Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 208 people in Gould Creek of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Gould Creek was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.1% of the population.

Of people in Gould Creek aged 15 years and over, 57.5% were married and 7.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gould Creek was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Gould Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gould Creek was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Gould Creek 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.8% were in primary school, 18.8% in secondary school and 23.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gould Creek were English 32.3%, Australian 18.3%, Italian 14.3%, Scottish 6.8% and German 4.4%.

In Gould Creek, 69.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 13.0%, Italy 4.3%, South Eastern Europe (includes Yugoslavia) 2.4%, Ireland 1.9% and Scotland 1.9%.

In Gould Creek, 46.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 41.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gould Creek were Catholic 29.8%, Anglican 17.3%, No Religion 17.3%, Lutheran 7.7% and Uniting Church 7.2%.

In Gould Creek 83.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 5.8%, Slovak 2.9% and Hungarian 1.9%.

Employment

There were 107 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gould Creek. Of these 66.4% were employed full time, 26.2% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gould Creek, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gould Creek was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Gould Creek included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Managers 14.9%, Professionals 14.9%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9% and Labourers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Gould Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Depository Financial Intermediation 4.9%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.9%, Structural Metal Product Manufacturing 3.9%, Building Completion Services 3.9% and Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gould Creek was $587.

In Gould Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.0%, Truck 4.9%, Walked only 4.9%, Car, as passenger 3.9% and Bus, car as driver 3.9%. On the day, 6.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gould Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.4% provided care for children and 8.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.9% 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 Gould Creek, 23.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gould Creek, 52.5% were couple families with children, 32.8% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Gould Creek 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gould Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,042 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Gould Creek, of couple families with children, 27.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 21.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gould Creek, 88.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gould Creek, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Gould Creek, of occupied private dwellings 6.9% had 1 bedroom, 9.7% had 2 bedrooms and 27.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gould Creek, 47.2% were owned outright, 44.4% were owned with a mortgage and 8.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Gould Creek, of all households, 79.5% were family households, 15.1% were single person households and 5.5% were group households.

In Gould Creek, 27.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.8% 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 Gould Creek, 23.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 43.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gould Creek, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Gould Creek, 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 Gould Creek, 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.