Gabbadah (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 636 people in Gabbadah (L) of these 53.0% were male and 47.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Gabbadah (L) was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.3% of the population.

Of people in Gabbadah (L) aged 15 years and over, 64.8% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gabbadah (L) was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Gabbadah (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 66.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gabbadah (L) was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Gabbadah (L) 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.5% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 11.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gabbadah (L) were English 34.8%, Australian 29.0%, Scottish 6.8%, Irish 5.4% and Dutch 3.0%.

In Gabbadah (L), 64.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 14.6%, New Zealand 2.7%, Zimbabwe 1.3%, Germany 1.1% and Poland 0.9%.

In Gabbadah (L), 46.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gabbadah (L) were Catholic 24.4%, Anglican 23.9%, No Religion 23.7%, Christian, nfd 6.8% and Uniting Church 2.7%.

In Gabbadah (L) 88.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.9%, Dutch 0.8%, German 0.6%, Russian 0.6% and Romanian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 248 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gabbadah (L). Of these 54.0% were employed full time, 31.0% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gabbadah (L), 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gabbadah (L) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Gabbadah (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.2%, Managers 15.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.8%, Labourers 13.0%, Professionals 7.9%, Sales Workers 7.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Gabbadah (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 10.0%, School Education 5.4%, Building Installation Services 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6% and Other Construction Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gabbadah (L) was $385.

In Gabbadah (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.8%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Truck 3.3%, Other 2.1% and Walked only 2.1%. On the day, 6.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gabbadah (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 74.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.7% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.6% 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 Gabbadah (L), 22.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 22.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gabbadah (L), 31.6% were couple families with children, 58.7% were couple families without children and 8.2% were one parent families.

In Gabbadah (L) 43.8% of single parents were male and 56.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gabbadah (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,150 and those without children was $2,036.

Employment status of couple families

In Gabbadah (L), of couple families with children, 8.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 10.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gabbadah (L), 77.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gabbadah (L), 97.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.0% were other dwellings.

In Gabbadah (L), of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 4.2% had 2 bedrooms and 27.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gabbadah (L), 43.2% were owned outright, 47.9% were owned with a mortgage and 5.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Gabbadah (L), of all households, 80.9% were family households, 15.7% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Gabbadah (L), 33.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.9% 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 Gabbadah (L), 21.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gabbadah (L), there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 85.7%) were male and 3 (or 14.3%) were female. The median age was 44 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 Gabbadah (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Gabbadah (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,998.