Gap Ridge

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,466 people in Gap Ridge of these 77.7% were male and 22.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Gap Ridge was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 1.0% of the population.

Of people in Gap Ridge aged 15 years and over, 42.3% were married and 16.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gap Ridge was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Gap Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gap Ridge was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Gap Ridge 40.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 10.4% were in primary school, 3.2% in secondary school and 4.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gap Ridge were English 21.8%, Australian 20.8%, Irish 5.4%, Scottish 5.3% and German 2.3%.

In Gap Ridge, 45.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 7.0%, England 4.0%, Cambodia 1.9%, Philippines 1.3% and India 1.2%.

In Gap Ridge, 50.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 39.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gap Ridge were No Religion 22.4%, Catholic 16.5%, Anglican 10.8%, Buddhism 3.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.7%.

In Gap Ridge 59.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Khmer 2.3%, Afrikaans 0.5%, Serbian 0.5%, Tagalog 0.5% and German 0.4%.

Employment

There were 800 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gap Ridge. Of these 84.4% were employed full time, 7.8% were employed part-time and 1.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gap Ridge, 2.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 1.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 79.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gap Ridge was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Gap Ridge included Technicians and Trades Workers 35.7%, Labourers 21.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.5%, Professionals 7.3%, Managers 4.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.6% and Sales Workers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in Gap Ridge, the most common responses for industry of employment included Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 19.8%, Oil and Gas Extraction 12.3%, Other Construction Services 7.9%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.7% and Building Installation Services 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gap Ridge was $2,000.

In Gap Ridge, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Bus 45.4%, Car, as driver 30.4%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Walked only 5.1% and Other 1.8%. On the day, 45.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 37.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gap Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 30.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 12.8% provided care for children and 2.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.1% 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 Gap Ridge, 10.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gap Ridge, 45.2% were couple families with children, 45.8% were couple families without children and 9.0% were one parent families.

In Gap Ridge 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gap Ridge, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,924 and those without children was $3,408.

Employment status of couple families

In Gap Ridge, of couple families with children, 40.1% 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 Gap Ridge, 88.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gap Ridge, 42.3% were separate houses, 11.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 46.2% were other dwellings.

In Gap Ridge, of occupied private dwellings 25.6% had 1 bedroom, 18.4% had 2 bedrooms and 20.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gap Ridge, 29.5% were owned outright, 9.7% were owned with a mortgage and 59.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Gap Ridge, of all households, 74.1% were family households, 23.4% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Gap Ridge, 4.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 32.3% 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 Gap Ridge, 35.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gap Ridge, there were 60 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 36 (or 60.0%) were male and 24 (or 40.0%) 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 Gap Ridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,083.

In Gap Ridge, 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.