Terowie

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 229 people in Terowie of these 54.1% were male and 45.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Terowie was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.8% of the population.

Of people in Terowie aged 15 years and over, 48.9% were married and 13.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Terowie was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Terowie, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Terowie was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 56 years.

In Terowie 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.8% were in primary school, 16.7% in secondary school and 9.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Terowie were Australian 36.6%, English 31.3%, Irish 6.3%, German 6.3% and Scottish 3.5%.

In Terowie, 79.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 5.6%, United States of America 2.6%, Germany 1.3% and Thailand 1.3%.

In Terowie, 72.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Terowie were No Religion 24.7%, Anglican 17.3%, Uniting Church 16.9%, Catholic 13.0% and Jehovah's Witnesses 2.6%.

In Terowie 92.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Thai 1.3%.

Employment

There were 76 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Terowie. Of these 46.1% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 17.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Terowie, 16.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Terowie was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Terowie were Managers 39.0%, Labourers 27.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8%, Professionals 5.1% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Terowie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 42.4%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 13.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.8%, Postal and Courier Pick-up and Delivery Services 6.8% and Pubs, Taverns and Bars 5.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Terowie was $309.

In Terowie, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 55.9%, Walked only 8.5% and Other 5.1%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Terowie, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.8% provided care for children and 16.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.0% 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 Terowie, 16.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 23.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Terowie, 41.1% were couple families with children, 48.2% were couple families without children and 10.7% were one parent families.

In Terowie 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Terowie, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Terowie, of couple families with children, 10.0% had both partners employed full-time, 8.0% had both employed part-time and 10.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Terowie, 59.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 41.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Terowie, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Terowie, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 26.4% had 2 bedrooms and 45.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Terowie, 50.0% were owned outright, 28.3% were owned with a mortgage and 15.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Terowie, of all households, 61.3% were family households, 35.5% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Terowie, 55.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.2% 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 Terowie, 33.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Terowie, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 46.2%) were male and 7 (or 53.8%) were female. The median age was 69 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 Terowie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,066.

In Terowie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $152.