Taringa

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,932 people in Taringa of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Taringa was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in Taringa aged 15 years and over, 33.7% were married and 7.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Taringa was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Taringa, of people aged 15 years and over, 32.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Taringa was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Taringa 36.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 12.1% were in primary school, 7.6% in secondary school and 61.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Taringa were English 25.2%, Australian 21.1%, Irish 10.1%, Scottish 8.6% and Chinese 5.4%.

In Taringa, 63.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.9%, New Zealand 2.4%, Malaysia 2.1% and India 1.9%.

In Taringa, 49.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Taringa were No Religion 32.8%, Catholic 19.6%, Anglican 13.4%, Uniting Church 5.4% and Islam 3.3%.

In Taringa 75.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.7%, Cantonese 1.7%, Malay 1.2%, Spanish 1.2% and Persian (excluding Dari) 0.8%.

Employment

There were 4,954 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Taringa. Of these 60.0% were employed full time, 29.1% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Taringa, 14.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Taringa was 32 years and for people who were employed part-time was 25 years.

The most common occupations in Taringa included Professionals 43.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Managers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 8.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.9%, Labourers 4.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.9%.

Of the employed people in Taringa, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 8.3%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 6.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%, Hospitals 4.7% and Legal and Accounting Services 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Taringa was $757.

In Taringa, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 43.5%, Train 11.6%, Bus 10.8%, Walked only 4.6% and Car, as passenger 4.3%. On the day, 26.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 47.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Taringa, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.8% provided care for children and 7.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.0% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Taringa, 29.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Taringa, 30.0% were couple families with children, 53.0% were couple families without children and 10.9% were one parent families.

In Taringa 22.1% of single parents were male and 77.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Taringa, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,195 and those without children was $2,410.

Employment status of couple families

In Taringa, of couple families with children, 28.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 18.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Taringa, 91.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Taringa, 28.9% were separate houses, 13.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 57.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Taringa, of occupied private dwellings 8.6% had 1 bedroom, 48.4% had 2 bedrooms and 27.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Taringa, 23.1% were owned outright, 22.0% were owned with a mortgage and 51.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Taringa, of all households, 50.4% were family households, 32.0% were single person households and 17.5% were group households.

In Taringa, 18.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Taringa, 47.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Taringa, there were 35 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 23 (or 65.7%) were male and 12 (or 34.3%) were female. The median age was 24 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Taringa, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Taringa, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $380 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,033.