Old Toongabbie

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,682 people in Old Toongabbie of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Old Toongabbie was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.1% of the population.

Of people in Old Toongabbie aged 15 years and over, 55.5% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Old Toongabbie was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Old Toongabbie, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Old Toongabbie was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Old Toongabbie 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.1% were in primary school, 21.7% in secondary school and 20.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Old Toongabbie were Australian 30.1%, English 22.5%, Irish 7.7%, Scottish 5.5% and Chinese 3.1%.

In Old Toongabbie, 72.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.9%, Sri Lanka 1.9%, New Zealand 1.8%, Korea, Republic of (South) 1.7% and India 1.5%.

In Old Toongabbie, 51.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Old Toongabbie were Catholic 32.6%, Anglican 18.7%, No Religion 14.5%, Uniting Church 5.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Old Toongabbie 77.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 2.2%, Tamil 2.0%, Korean 2.0%, Cantonese 1.2% and Mandarin 1.2%.

Employment

There were 1,372 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Old Toongabbie. Of these 63.1% were employed full time, 28.2% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Old Toongabbie, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Old Toongabbie was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Old Toongabbie included Professionals 20.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Managers 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Labourers 6.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Old Toongabbie, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.7%, Hospitals 4.5%, Building Installation Services 3.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Old Toongabbie was $655.

In Old Toongabbie, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.2%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Train 3.8%, Bus 3.1% and Train, bus 1.8%. On the day, 12.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Old Toongabbie, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.8% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.3% 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 Old Toongabbie, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Old Toongabbie, 51.5% were couple families with children, 34.0% were couple families without children and 13.6% were one parent families.

In Old Toongabbie 16.2% of single parents were male and 83.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Old Toongabbie, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,397 and those without children was $2,240.

Employment status of couple families

In Old Toongabbie, of couple families with children, 23.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 24.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Old Toongabbie, 96.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Old Toongabbie, 98.0% were separate houses, 1.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Old Toongabbie, of occupied private dwellings 0.7% had 1 bedroom, 6.1% had 2 bedrooms and 61.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Old Toongabbie, 38.7% were owned outright, 47.2% were owned with a mortgage and 12.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Old Toongabbie, of all households, 81.6% were family households, 16.7% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Old Toongabbie, 16.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.4% 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 Old Toongabbie, 34.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Old Toongabbie, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 50.0%) were male and 14 (or 50.0%) 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 Old Toongabbie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Old Toongabbie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.