Gidgegannup

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,533 people in Gidgegannup of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Gidgegannup was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population.

Of people in Gidgegannup aged 15 years and over, 60.8% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gidgegannup was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Gidgegannup, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gidgegannup was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Gidgegannup 31.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.8% were in primary school, 26.4% in secondary school and 13.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gidgegannup were English 36.2%, Australian 28.9%, Scottish 7.5%, Irish 5.4% and Italian 3.4%.

In Gidgegannup, 72.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.0%, New Zealand 1.9%, Scotland 1.5%, Germany 0.8% and South Africa 0.7%.

In Gidgegannup, 52.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gidgegannup were No Religion 30.6%, Anglican 25.4%, Catholic 16.4%, Uniting Church 4.2% and Christian, nfd 2.3%.

In Gidgegannup 90.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.8%, German 0.6%, French 0.6%, Dutch 0.5% and Indonesian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,352 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gidgegannup. Of these 59.3% were employed full time, 31.6% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gidgegannup, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gidgegannup was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Gidgegannup included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.8%, Managers 17.1%, Professionals 17.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.3%, Labourers 8.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.4% and Sales Workers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Gidgegannup, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.5%, Road Freight Transport 3.4%, Metal Ore Mining 3.4%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.4% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gidgegannup was $721.

In Gidgegannup, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.3%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Truck 2.9%, Train, car as driver 2.2% and Walked only 1.4%. On the day, 4.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gidgegannup, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.3% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.8% 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 Gidgegannup, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gidgegannup, 50.6% were couple families with children, 42.3% were couple families without children and 6.7% were one parent families.

In Gidgegannup 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gidgegannup, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,713 and those without children was $2,277.

Employment status of couple families

In Gidgegannup, of couple families with children, 18.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 26.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gidgegannup, 84.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gidgegannup, 98.7% were separate houses, 0.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Gidgegannup, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 8.7% had 2 bedrooms and 28.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gidgegannup, 36.1% were owned outright, 53.6% were owned with a mortgage and 8.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Gidgegannup, of all households, 85.4% were family households, 13.2% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Gidgegannup, 15.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.4% 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 Gidgegannup, 12.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 46.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gidgegannup, there were 25 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 36.0%) were male and 16 (or 64.0%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Gidgegannup, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,362.

In Gidgegannup, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $390 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,440.