Taree

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 16,621 people were counted in Taree: of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Of the total population 5.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Taree there were 3,585 children aged 0-14 years and 5,105 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Taree, 15,560 people were Australian citizens, 1,014 were born overseas and 37 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Taree, 49.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.3% were separated or divorced, 10.5% were widowed and 26.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Taree, 88.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Taree were England 2.2%, New Zealand 0.7%, Philippines 0.4%, Scotland 0.3% and Netherlands 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Taree on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 34.8%, Catholic 20.6%, No Religion 9.8%, Uniting Church 9.0% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Taree, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 0.2%, Netherlandic 0.2%, German 0.2%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.2% and Italian 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 6,287 people aged 15 years and over in Taree were in the labour force. Of these 50.8% worked full-time, 34.2% worked part-time, 2.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 12.4% were unemployed. 6,268 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Taree, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.6%, Professionals 5.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.5%, Associate Professionals 4.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.7%, Managers and Administrators 2.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Taree, the most common responses for industry of employment included Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.2%, Health Services 4.0%, Food Retailing 3.7%, Education 2.8% and Business Services 2.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Taree, 4,425 families were counted: of these, 42.1% were couple families without children, 36.4% were couple families with children, 19.8% were one parent families and 1.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Taree, 6,690 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Taree, 79.7% were separate houses, 5.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Taree, 41.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 21.4% were being purchased and 32.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Taree, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 46.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 25.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 27.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Taree, 65.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 29.7% were single (or lone) person households and 2.6% were group households.