South Turramurra

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,974 people in South Turramurra of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in South Turramurra was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.2% of the population.

Of people in South Turramurra aged 15 years and over, 66.7% were married and 6.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Turramurra was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In South Turramurra, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Turramurra was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In South Turramurra 33.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.5% were in primary school, 23.9% in secondary school and 17.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Turramurra were English 28.4%, Australian 24.7%, Irish 7.9%, Scottish 7.5% and Chinese 4.0%.

In South Turramurra, 67.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.4%, New Zealand 2.7%, Korea, Republic of (South) 1.7%, South Africa 1.7% and India 1.7%.

In South Turramurra, 46.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Turramurra were Anglican 25.7%, No Religion 22.4%, Catholic 20.1%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In South Turramurra 81.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 2.3%, Korean 2.2%, Mandarin 1.4%, Persian (excluding Dari) 1.1% and Hindi 1.1%.

Employment

There were 1,423 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Turramurra. Of these 59.7% were employed full time, 33.4% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Turramurra, 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Turramurra was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in South Turramurra included Professionals 37.7%, Managers 21.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.1%, Sales Workers 7.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.0%, Labourers 3.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.3%.

Of the employed people in South Turramurra, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.2%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.1%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.9%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.6% and Hospitals 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Turramurra was $763.

In South Turramurra, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.4%, Train 7.7%, Train, car as driver 5.2%, Car, as passenger 3.5% and Train, bus 3.3%. On the day, 20.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Turramurra, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.9% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.8% 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 South Turramurra, 28.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Turramurra, 60.1% were couple families with children, 30.3% were couple families without children and 9.2% were one parent families.

In South Turramurra 15.6% of single parents were male and 84.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Turramurra, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,234 and those without children was $2,957.

Employment status of couple families

In South Turramurra, of couple families with children, 19.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 25.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Turramurra, 95.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Turramurra, 99.3% were separate houses, 0.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In South Turramurra, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 2.7% had 2 bedrooms and 38.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Turramurra, 45.6% were owned outright, 44.9% were owned with a mortgage and 8.4% were rented.

Household composition

In South Turramurra, of all households, 85.8% were family households, 12.8% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In South Turramurra, 10.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 29.9% 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 South Turramurra, 28.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Turramurra, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 44 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 South Turramurra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In South Turramurra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $752 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.