St George

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,647 people in St George of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 21.4% of the population.

The median age of people in St George was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.4% of the population.

Of people in St George aged 15 years and over, 49.1% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in St George was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In St George, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in St George was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In St George 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.9% were in primary school, 18.4% in secondary school and 7.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in St George were Australian 37.7%, English 30.4%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 5.8% and German 3.9%.

In St George, 89.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 0.9%, New Zealand 0.8%, South Africa 0.4%, Germany 0.3% and Philippines 0.3%.

In St George, 89.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in St George were Catholic 31.4%, Anglican 30.6%, No Religion 10.3%, Uniting Church 5.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In St George 93.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tongan 0.5%, Nepali 0.2%, Afrikaans 0.1%, Bisaya 0.1% and Cantonese 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,266 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in St George. Of these 63.0% were employed full time, 25.0% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in St George, 7.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in St George was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in St George included Labourers 15.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.7%, Professionals 13.7%, Managers 12.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.8%, Sales Workers 10.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%.

Of the employed people in St George, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.0%, Local Government Administration 5.9%, Hospitals 4.8%, Other Crop Growing 4.4% and Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in St George was $571.

In St George, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.8%, Walked only 10.4%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Truck 1.8% and Bicycle 1.4%. On the day, 0.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In St George, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.6% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.7% 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 St George, 23.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in St George, 45.3% were couple families with children, 35.9% were couple families without children and 17.2% were one parent families.

In St George 10.5% of single parents were male and 89.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In St George, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,823 and those without children was $1,860.

Employment status of couple families

In St George, of couple families with children, 26.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 24.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In St George, 87.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in St George, 83.7% were separate houses, 6.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.9% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

In St George, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 15.1% had 2 bedrooms and 48.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in St George, 27.6% were owned outright, 30.5% were owned with a mortgage and 39.1% were rented.

Household composition

In St George, of all households, 71.0% were family households, 25.8% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In St George, 28.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.4% 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 St George, 33.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In St George, there were 569 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 262 (or 46.0%) were male and 307 (or 54.0%) were female. The median age was 18 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 St George, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $781.

In St George, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,206.