North Tumbulgum

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 305 people in North Tumbulgum of these 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in North Tumbulgum was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.1% of the population.

Of people in North Tumbulgum aged 15 years and over, 48.6% were married and 17.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Tumbulgum was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In North Tumbulgum, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Tumbulgum was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In North Tumbulgum 26.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.8% were in primary school, 26.3% in secondary school and 21.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Tumbulgum were Australian 33.0%, English 29.7%, Scottish 10.4%, Irish 9.1% and German 3.8%.

In North Tumbulgum, 82.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.0%, England 3.6%, Germany 1.3%, Malta 1.3% and United States of America 1.3%.

In North Tumbulgum, 75.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Tumbulgum were No Religion 24.4%, Catholic 21.1%, Anglican 17.2%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.3%.

In North Tumbulgum 93.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 2.3% and Finnish 1.0%.

Employment

There were 151 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Tumbulgum. Of these 55.6% were employed full time, 35.8% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Tumbulgum, 14.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Tumbulgum was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in North Tumbulgum included Managers 18.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.0%, Professionals 14.3%, Labourers 13.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Sales Workers 8.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in North Tumbulgum, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.7%, Public Order and Safety Services 4.3%, Dairy Cattle Farming 3.5%, Local Government Administration 3.5% and School Education 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Tumbulgum was $524.

In North Tumbulgum, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.2%, Walked only 5.0%, Truck 3.5%, Other 2.8% and Car, as passenger 2.1%. 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 73.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Tumbulgum, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.5% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.7% 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 North Tumbulgum, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Tumbulgum, 44.3% were couple families with children, 42.0% were couple families without children and 13.6% were one parent families.

In North Tumbulgum 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Tumbulgum, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,214 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In North Tumbulgum, of couple families with children, 13.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 17.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Tumbulgum, 86.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Tumbulgum, 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 North Tumbulgum, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 8.3% had 2 bedrooms and 35.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Tumbulgum, 41.5% were owned outright, 35.8% were owned with a mortgage and 16.0% were rented.

Household composition

In North Tumbulgum, of all households, 83.2% were family households, 14.0% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In North Tumbulgum, 16.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 North Tumbulgum, 19.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Tumbulgum, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 44.4%) were male and 5 (or 55.6%) were female. The median age was 7 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 North Tumbulgum, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

In North Tumbulgum, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,900.