Geilston Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,183 people in Geilston Bay of these 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Geilston Bay was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.0% of the population.

Of people in Geilston Bay aged 15 years and over, 51.8% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Geilston Bay was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Geilston Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Geilston Bay was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Geilston Bay 26.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.2% were in primary school, 25.5% in secondary school and 22.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Geilston Bay were Australian 37.8%, English 33.3%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 6.5% and German 2.2%.

In Geilston Bay, 86.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, New Zealand 1.0%, Germany 0.5%, Scotland 0.5% and South Africa 0.4%.

In Geilston Bay, 77.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Geilston Bay were Anglican 30.6%, No Religion 25.0%, Catholic 23.7%, Uniting Church 4.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.9%.

In Geilston Bay 94.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.4%, German 0.3%, Dutch 0.3%, Malay 0.2% and Afrikaans 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,705 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Geilston Bay. Of these 58.1% were employed full time, 32.8% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Geilston Bay, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Geilston Bay was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Geilston Bay included Professionals 21.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Managers 10.7%, Labourers 5.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Geilston Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.0%, State Government Administration 6.6%, Central Government Administration 4.1%, Hospitals 3.4% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Geilston Bay was $646.

In Geilston Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.0%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Bus 6.5%, Bicycle 1.2% and Walked only 1.2%. On the day, 7.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Geilston Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.3% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.7% 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 Geilston Bay, 31.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Geilston Bay, 41.9% were couple families with children, 41.6% were couple families without children and 16.0% were one parent families.

In Geilston Bay 18.2% of single parents were male and 81.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Geilston Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,158 and those without children was $2,133.

Employment status of couple families

In Geilston Bay, of couple families with children, 21.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 28.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Geilston Bay, 95.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Geilston Bay, 96.3% were separate houses, 3.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Geilston Bay, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 17.6% had 2 bedrooms and 53.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Geilston Bay, 38.7% were owned outright, 44.1% were owned with a mortgage and 15.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Geilston Bay, of all households, 71.5% were family households, 26.6% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Geilston Bay, 21.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.9% 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 Geilston Bay, 38.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Geilston Bay, there were 61 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 29 (or 47.5%) were male and 32 (or 52.5%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Geilston Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,583.

In Geilston Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.