Tapping

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 229 people were counted in Tapping: of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Of the total population 0.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Tapping there were 53 children aged 0-14 years and 15 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Tapping, 170 people were Australian citizens, 86 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Tapping, 44.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.2% were separated or divorced, 0.0% were widowed and 46.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Tapping, 60.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Tapping were England 15.7%, South Africa 5.7%, New Zealand 3.9%, Scotland 3.1% and Ireland 1.3%.

Of all people counted in Tapping on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 23.1%, Catholic 22.3%, No Religion 21.4%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Pentecostal 5.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Tapping, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Netherlandic 1.3%, Portuguese 1.3%, Spanish 1.3% and Hebrew 1.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 145 people aged 15 years and over in Tapping were in the labour force. Of these 69.0% worked full-time, 24.1% worked part-time, 2.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.8% were unemployed. 20 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Tapping, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 20.2%, Associate Professionals 16.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 16.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 11.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.5% and Labourers and Related Workers 3.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Tapping, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 8.6%, Education 8.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 6.7%, Health Services 6.1% and Food Retailing 5.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Tapping, 71 families were counted: of these, 45.1% were couple families without children, 49.3% were couple families with children, 5.6% were one parent families and 0.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Tapping, 81 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Tapping, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Tapping, 9.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 85.2% were being purchased and 3.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Tapping, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 0.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 100.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Tapping, 85.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 9.9% were single (or lone) person households and 3.7% were group households.