Greater Taree (C)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 46,541 people in Greater Taree (C) of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Greater Taree (C) was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.5% of the population.

Of people in Greater Taree (C) aged 15 years and over, 50.0% were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Greater Taree (C) was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Greater Taree (C), of people aged 15 years and over, 50.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Greater Taree (C) was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Greater Taree (C) 27.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.6% were in primary school, 25.5% in secondary school and 12.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Greater Taree (C) were Australian 34.3%, English 33.1%, Irish 8.0%, Scottish 7.6% and German 2.9%.

In Greater Taree (C), 86.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, New Zealand 1.0%, Netherlands 0.4%, Germany 0.4% and Scotland 0.4%.

In Greater Taree (C), 80.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Greater Taree (C) were Anglican 32.3%, Catholic 19.2%, No Religion 18.4%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4%.

In Greater Taree (C) 93.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.3%, Italian 0.1%, Dutch 0.1%, Cantonese 0.1% and French 0.1%.

Employment

There were 18,074 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Greater Taree (C). Of these 50.4% were employed full time, 34.0% were employed part-time and 9.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Greater Taree (C), 12.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Greater Taree (C) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Greater Taree (C) included Professionals 16.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Labourers 13.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Managers 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 11.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Greater Taree (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.9%, Hospitals 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Residential Care Services 3.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Greater Taree (C) was $395.

In Greater Taree (C), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.6%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Walked only 3.7%, Truck 1.8% and Motorbike/scooter 0.7%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Greater Taree (C), of people aged 15 years and over, 69.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.9% provided care for children and 14.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.7% 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 Greater Taree (C), 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Greater Taree (C), 33.2% were couple families with children, 47.3% were couple families without children and 18.4% were one parent families.

In Greater Taree (C) 18.4% of single parents were male and 81.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Greater Taree (C), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,748 and those without children was $1,498.

Employment status of couple families

In Greater Taree (C), of couple families with children, 13.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 16.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Greater Taree (C), 86.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greater Taree (C), 86.0% were separate houses, 6.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In Greater Taree (C), of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 17.6% had 2 bedrooms and 47.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greater Taree (C), 42.4% were owned outright, 27.6% were owned with a mortgage and 26.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Greater Taree (C), of all households, 69.8% were family households, 27.6% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Greater Taree (C), 37.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Greater Taree (C), 39.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Greater Taree (C), there were 2,501 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 1,228 (or 49.1%) were male and 1,273 (or 50.9%) 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 Greater Taree (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $717.

In Greater Taree (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.