Tarbuck Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 202 people in Tarbuck Bay of these 44.6% were male and 55.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Tarbuck Bay was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.2% of the population.

Of people in Tarbuck Bay aged 15 years and over, 41.4% were married and 15.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tarbuck Bay was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 38 years.

In Tarbuck Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tarbuck Bay was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Tarbuck Bay 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 45.2% were in primary school, 21.0% in secondary school and 4.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tarbuck Bay were English 38.2%, Australian 34.3%, Irish 7.4%, German 5.3% and Scottish 3.5%.

In Tarbuck Bay, 83.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.3%, Austria 1.5%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 1.5%, Germany 1.5% and New Zealand 1.5%.

In Tarbuck Bay, 72.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tarbuck Bay were Anglican 27.5%, No Religion 26.5%, Catholic 12.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.4% and Pentecostal 3.9%.

In Tarbuck Bay 92.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 2.0%.

Employment

There were 79 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tarbuck Bay. Of these 38.0% were employed full time, 45.6% were employed part-time and 16.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tarbuck Bay, 19.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 23.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tarbuck Bay was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Tarbuck Bay were Professionals 17.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 17.7%, Labourers 17.7%, Managers 9.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.7% and Sales Workers 9.7%.

Of the employed people in Tarbuck Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 6.0%, Fishing 4.5%, Construction Material Mining 4.5%, Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services 4.5% and Waste Collection Services 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tarbuck Bay was $372.

In Tarbuck Bay, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 76.6%, Bus 4.7% and Car, as passenger 4.7%. On the day, 4.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tarbuck Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.9% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.4% 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 Tarbuck Bay, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tarbuck Bay, 32.7% were couple families with children, 40.0% were couple families without children and 21.8% were one parent families.

In Tarbuck Bay 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tarbuck Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Tarbuck Bay, of couple families with children, 7.1% had both partners employed full-time, 14.3% had both employed part-time and 21.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tarbuck Bay, 77.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tarbuck Bay, 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 Tarbuck Bay, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 19.0% had 2 bedrooms and 45.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tarbuck Bay, 37.7% were owned outright, 37.7% were owned with a mortgage and 19.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Tarbuck Bay, of all households, 64.6% were family households, 31.6% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Tarbuck Bay, 41.8% 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 Tarbuck Bay, 50.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tarbuck Bay, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 38.5%) were male and 8 (or 61.5%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Tarbuck Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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