Tahmoor

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 4,131 people were counted in Tahmoor: of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Of the total population 2.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Tahmoor there were 1,075 children aged 0-14 years and 779 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Tahmoor, 3,725 people were Australian citizens, 535 were born overseas and 9 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Tahmoor, 53.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.1% were separated or divorced, 5.6% were widowed and 30.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Tahmoor, 81.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Tahmoor were England 5.6%, Scotland 0.8%, New Zealand 0.8%, Germany 0.5% and Lebanon 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Tahmoor on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 32.4%, Catholic 22.8%, No Religion 13.2%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Tahmoor, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.9%, German 0.2%, Italian 0.2%, Spanish 0.2% and Persian 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,783 people aged 15 years and over in Tahmoor were in the labour force. Of these 58.5% worked full-time, 31.5% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.2% were unemployed. 1,140 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Tahmoor, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.5%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.6%, Professionals 7.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.5%, Associate Professionals 4.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.8%, Managers and Administrators 2.7% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Tahmoor, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 3.9%, Business Services 3.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.3%, Construction Trade Services 3.3% and Health Services 3.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Tahmoor, 1,127 families were counted: of these, 31.7% were couple families without children, 49.2% were couple families with children, 18.4% were one parent families and 0.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Tahmoor, 1,464 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Tahmoor, 93.9% were separate houses, 3.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Tahmoor, 38.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 28.3% were being purchased and 24.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Tahmoor, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 55.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 18.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 29.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Tahmoor, 75.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 18.6% were single (or lone) person households and 2.0% were group households.