East Tamworth

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,212 people in East Tamworth of these 46.9% were male and 53.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in East Tamworth was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.7% of the population.

Of people in East Tamworth aged 15 years and over, 49.6% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Tamworth was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In East Tamworth, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Tamworth was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In East Tamworth 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.7% were in primary school, 23.2% in secondary school and 19.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Tamworth were Australian 33.2%, English 30.2%, Irish 10.5%, Scottish 8.4% and German 3.4%.

In East Tamworth, 86.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.6%, New Zealand 0.8%, India 0.4%, United States of America 0.4% and South Africa 0.3%.

In East Tamworth, 82.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Tamworth were Anglican 32.8%, Catholic 26.9%, No Religion 12.4%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In East Tamworth 91.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 0.3%, Greek 0.2%, Cantonese 0.2%, Dutch 0.2% and Korean 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,596 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Tamworth. Of these 60.7% were employed full time, 28.9% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Tamworth, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Tamworth was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in East Tamworth included Professionals 27.9%, Managers 13.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.0%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Labourers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in East Tamworth, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.0%, Hospitals 5.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.4% and Tertiary Education 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Tamworth was $633.

In East Tamworth, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.5%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Walked only 5.0%, Truck 1.4% and Other 1.1%. 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 73.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Tamworth, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.4% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.1% 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 East Tamworth, 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Tamworth, 37.9% were couple families with children, 45.1% were couple families without children and 15.4% were one parent families.

In East Tamworth 19.2% of single parents were male and 80.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Tamworth, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,362 and those without children was $1,928.

Employment status of couple families

In East Tamworth, of couple families with children, 23.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 21.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Tamworth, 91.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Tamworth, 83.2% were separate houses, 3.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In East Tamworth, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 19.9% had 2 bedrooms and 42.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Tamworth, 38.8% were owned outright, 27.5% were owned with a mortgage and 30.3% were rented.

Household composition

In East Tamworth, of all households, 66.1% were family households, 30.1% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In East Tamworth, 24.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.5% 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 East Tamworth, 38.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Tamworth, there were 194 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 97 (or 50.0%) were male and 97 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 21 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 East Tamworth, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,194.

In East Tamworth, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,200.