Tingalpa

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 8,934 people were counted in Tingalpa: of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Of the total population 1.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Tingalpa there were 2,110 children aged 0-14 years and 1,278 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Tingalpa, 7,999 people were Australian citizens, 1,789 were born overseas and 52 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Tingalpa, 51.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.7% were separated or divorced, 3.7% were widowed and 32.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Tingalpa, 76.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Tingalpa were New Zealand 5.1%, England 4.3%, Philippines 1.2%, Fiji 0.9% and Scotland 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Tingalpa on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 28.2%, Anglican 22.4%, No Religion 13.8%, Uniting Church 9.1% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Tingalpa, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 1.3%, Tagalog (Filipino) 1.0%, Cantonese 0.9%, Hindi 0.8% and Italian 0.7%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 87.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 4,919 people aged 15 years and over in Tingalpa were in the labour force. Of these 63.3% worked full-time, 28.5% worked part-time, 2.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.7% were unemployed. 1,787 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Tingalpa, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 14.4%, Professionals 9.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.5%, Associate Professionals 7.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.6%, Managers and Administrators 3.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Tingalpa, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.0%, Health Services 4.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.3%, Education 4.1% and Food Retailing 4.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Tingalpa, 2,532 families were counted: of these, 33.1% were couple families without children, 48.7% were couple families with children, 16.4% were one parent families and 1.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Tingalpa, 3,246 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Tingalpa, 80.4% were separate houses, 12.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.2% were flats, units or apartments and 4.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Tingalpa, 30.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 35.6% were being purchased and 30.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Tingalpa, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 50.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 5.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 42.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Tingalpa, 76.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 16.9% were single (or lone) person households and 4.5% were group households.