Taperoo

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,184 people were counted in Taperoo: of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Of the total population 4.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Taperoo there were 686 children aged 0-14 years and 808 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Taperoo, 2,956 people were Australian citizens, 474 were born overseas and 6 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Taperoo, 41.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 16.2% were separated or divorced, 7.8% were widowed and 34.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Taperoo, 79.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Taperoo were England 4.9%, Scotland 1.9%, Germany 1.3%, Poland 1.0% and Italy 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Taperoo on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 24.7%, Catholic 22.5%, Anglican 15.4%, Uniting Church 11.0% and Lutheran 3.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Taperoo, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.1%, Polish 1.1%, German 0.7%, Greek 0.6% and Spanish 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 89.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,229 people aged 15 years and over in Taperoo were in the labour force. Of these 52.6% worked full-time, 29.8% worked part-time, 3.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 14.2% were unemployed. 1,202 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Taperoo, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 7.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 7.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.0%, Associate Professionals 4.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.7%, Professionals 3.4%, Managers and Administrators 1.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Taperoo, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 3.4%, Health Services 3.0%, Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 2.6%, Education 2.3% and Food Retailing 2.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Taperoo, 874 families were counted: of these, 31.7% were couple families without children, 35.7% were couple families with children, 30.3% were one parent families and 2.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Taperoo, 1,290 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Taperoo, 57.6% were separate houses, 35.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Taperoo, 28.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 22.3% were being purchased and 45.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Taperoo, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 7.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 77.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 13.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Taperoo, 67.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 29.1% were single (or lone) person households and 2.3% were group households.