Tamworth Regional (A)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 56,292 people in Tamworth Regional (A) of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Tamworth Regional (A) was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.8% of the population.

Of people in Tamworth Regional (A) aged 15 years and over, 49.5% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tamworth Regional (A) was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Tamworth Regional (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 50.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tamworth Regional (A) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Tamworth Regional (A) 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.5% were in primary school, 24.5% in secondary school and 14.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tamworth Regional (A) were Australian 37.5%, English 31.0%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 7.3% and German 3.2%.

In Tamworth Regional (A), 89.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.5%, New Zealand 0.7%, Philippines 0.3%, Scotland 0.3% and Germany 0.2%.

In Tamworth Regional (A), 86.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tamworth Regional (A) were Anglican 36.2%, Catholic 25.9%, No Religion 12.6%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.0%.

In Tamworth Regional (A) 93.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 0.1%, Cantonese 0.1%, Mandarin 0.1%, German 0.1% and Italian 0.1%.

Employment

There were 26,421 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tamworth Regional (A). Of these 59.8% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tamworth Regional (A), 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tamworth Regional (A) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Tamworth Regional (A) included Professionals 16.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Labourers 13.8%, Managers 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Tamworth Regional (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.9%, Hospitals 4.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tamworth Regional (A) was $515.

In Tamworth Regional (A), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.8%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Walked only 3.6%, Truck 2.1% and Motorbike/scooter 0.8%. 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 73.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tamworth Regional (A), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.9% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.2% 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 Tamworth Regional (A), 25.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tamworth Regional (A), 39.0% were couple families with children, 40.9% were couple families without children and 18.7% were one parent families.

In Tamworth Regional (A) 16.0% of single parents were male and 84.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tamworth Regional (A), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,944 and those without children was $1,687.

Employment status of couple families

In Tamworth Regional (A), of couple families with children, 22.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 21.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tamworth Regional (A), 90.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tamworth Regional (A), 87.4% were separate houses, 4.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Tamworth Regional (A), of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 15.0% had 2 bedrooms and 45.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tamworth Regional (A), 34.9% were owned outright, 32.1% were owned with a mortgage and 29.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Tamworth Regional (A), of all households, 70.7% were family households, 26.5% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Tamworth Regional (A), 29.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.4% 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 Tamworth Regional (A), 35.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tamworth Regional (A), there were 4,723 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 2,307 (or 48.8%) were male and 2,416 (or 51.2%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Tamworth Regional (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $866.

In Tamworth Regional (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,400.