Trunding

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 940 people in Trunding of these 53.7% were male and 46.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 14.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Trunding was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 1.0% of the population.

Of people in Trunding aged 15 years and over, 45.3% were married and 8.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Trunding was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Trunding, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 26.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Trunding was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Trunding 30.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.6% were in primary school, 19.7% in secondary school and 13.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Trunding were Australian 31.5%, English 24.4%, Irish 7.7%, Scottish 6.7% and German 4.9%.

In Trunding, 78.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.8%, Philippines 1.5%, England 1.4%, Thailand 0.6% and Spain 0.5%.

In Trunding, 73.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Trunding were No Religion 24.6%, Catholic 22.6%, Anglican 14.8%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In Trunding 83.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 1.0%, Thai 0.9%, Tagalog 0.9%, Cape York Peninsula Languages, nec 0.7% and Filipino 0.4%.

Employment

There were 583 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Trunding. Of these 78.6% were employed full time, 13.0% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Trunding, 2.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 74.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Trunding was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Trunding included Technicians and Trades Workers 26.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 23.0%, Professionals 15.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.3%, Managers 6.9%, Labourers 5.4% and Sales Workers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Trunding, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 44.9%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 7.4%, School Education 5.3%, Hospitals 4.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 1.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Trunding was $1,318.

In Trunding, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.9%, Car, as passenger 7.0%, Bicycle 6.8%, Walked only 6.0% and Bus 1.1%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Trunding, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.7% provided care for children and 5.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.4% 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 Trunding, 33.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Trunding, 42.0% were couple families with children, 49.0% were couple families without children and 9.0% were one parent families.

In Trunding 52.2% of single parents were male and 47.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Trunding, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,125 and those without children was $3,010.

Employment status of couple families

In Trunding, of couple families with children, 47.1% had both partners employed full-time, 1.8% had both employed part-time and 20.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Trunding, 96.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Trunding, 52.2% were separate houses, 38.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Trunding, of occupied private dwellings 7.7% had 1 bedroom, 35.1% had 2 bedrooms and 39.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Trunding, 7.0% were owned outright, 39.6% were owned with a mortgage and 50.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Trunding, of all households, 76.7% were family households, 19.2% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Trunding, 1.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 32.0% 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 Trunding, 30.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Trunding, there were 133 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 65 (or 48.9%) were male and 68 (or 51.1%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Trunding, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,687.

In Trunding, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,850.