Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 391 people in Grong Grong of these 54.0% were male and 46.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Grong Grong was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.9% of the population.

Of people in Grong Grong aged 15 years and over, 60.1% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Grong Grong was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Grong Grong, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Grong Grong was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Grong Grong 24.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.5% were in primary school, 30.5% in secondary school and 7.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Grong Grong were Australian 32.8%, English 32.8%, Irish 11.1%, Scottish 8.9% and German 5.6%.

In Grong Grong, 89.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 2.3%, England 1.0%, Germany 1.0% and Netherlands 1.0%.

In Grong Grong, 84.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Grong Grong were Anglican 30.6%, Catholic 27.3%, No Religion 13.0%, Uniting Church 13.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.1%.

In Grong Grong 94.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Dutch 2.0%.

Employment

There were 219 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Grong Grong. Of these 72.1% were employed full time, 19.2% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Grong Grong, 5.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 65.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Grong Grong was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Grong Grong included Managers 46.2%, Labourers 13.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.4%, Professionals 9.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.8% and Sales Workers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Grong Grong, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 38.7%, Other Livestock Farming 8.0%, School Education 3.8%, State Government Administration 3.3% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Grong Grong was $470.

In Grong Grong, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.2%, Walked only 6.6%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Truck 3.8% and Other 1.9%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 52.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Grong Grong, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.0% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.6% 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 Grong Grong, 20.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Grong Grong, 40.7% were couple families with children, 50.4% were couple families without children and 8.8% were one parent families.

In Grong Grong 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Grong Grong, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,812 and those without children was $1,156.

Employment status of couple families

In Grong Grong, of couple families with children, 32.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 21.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Grong Grong, 71.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 28.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Grong Grong, 96.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.8% were other dwellings.

In Grong Grong, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 10.1% had 2 bedrooms and 43.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Grong Grong, 52.2% were owned outright, 25.5% were owned with a mortgage and 15.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Grong Grong, of all households, 71.9% were family households, 26.2% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Grong Grong, 35.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.0% 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 Grong Grong, 20.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Grong Grong, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 40.0%) were male and 12 (or 60.0%) were female. The median age was 9 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 thepersons per bedroom correction page.

In Grong Grong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Grong Grong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,193.