Tatura

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,924 people were counted in Tatura: of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Of the total population 1.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Tatura there were 644 children aged 0-14 years and 789 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Tatura, 2,719 people were Australian citizens, 363 were born overseas and 6 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Tatura, 55.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.8% were separated or divorced, 9.9% were widowed and 26.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Tatura, 82.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Tatura were Italy 4.0%, Turkey 2.5%, New Zealand 1.2%, England 1.2% and Netherlands 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Tatura on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 33.3%, Anglican 17.5%, No Religion 13.1%, Presbyterian & Reformed 9.2% and Uniting Church 7.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Tatura, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 7.0%, Turkish 5.2%, Tamil 0.4%, Maori (New Zealand) 0.3% and German 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 82.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,248 people aged 15 years and over in Tatura were in the labour force. Of these 63.1% worked full-time, 28.5% worked part-time, 2.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.3% were unemployed. 953 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Tatura, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 8.4%, Professionals 8.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.9%, Associate Professionals 5.8%, Managers and Administrators 4.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.7% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Tatura, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 8.5%, Business Services 3.9%, Agriculture 3.7%, Food Retailing 3.6% and Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services 3.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Tatura, 816 families were counted: of these, 40.0% were couple families without children, 46.8% were couple families with children, 12.1% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Tatura, 1,141 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Tatura, 83.9% were separate houses, 3.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.4% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Tatura, 44.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 26.0% were being purchased and 25.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Tatura, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 36.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 17.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 44.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Tatura, 70.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 25.5% were single (or lone) person households and 2.9% were group households.