Taree

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 15,848 people in Taree of these 47.2% were male and 52.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Taree was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.0% of the population.

Of people in Taree aged 15 years and over, 42.8% were married and 15.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Taree was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Taree, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Taree was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Taree 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.1% were in primary school, 23.0% in secondary school and 13.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Taree were Australian 35.9%, English 31.8%, Irish 7.6%, Scottish 7.0% and German 2.8%.

In Taree, 86.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.2%, New Zealand 0.9%, Netherlands 0.3%, Philippines 0.3% and Germany 0.3%.

In Taree, 82.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Taree were Anglican 32.2%, Catholic 19.3%, No Religion 16.2%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In Taree 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 0.2%, German 0.2%, Mandarin 0.1%, Dutch 0.1% and Cantonese 0.1%.

Employment

There were 5,764 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Taree. Of these 50.3% were employed full time, 32.9% were employed part-time and 11.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Taree, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Taree was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Taree included Labourers 15.5%, Professionals 15.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.2%, Sales Workers 14.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Managers 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Taree, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.3%, School Education 5.0%, Residential Care Services 4.3% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Taree was $389.

In Taree, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.4%, Car, as passenger 8.1%, Walked only 4.9%, Truck 1.2% and Motorbike/scooter 0.8%. 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 73.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Taree, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.9% provided care for children and 13.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.7% 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 Taree, 23.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Taree, 32.0% were couple families with children, 42.8% were couple families without children and 23.6% were one parent families.

In Taree 16.1% of single parents were male and 83.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Taree, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,760 and those without children was $1,511.

Employment status of couple families

In Taree, of couple families with children, 15.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 15.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Taree, 90.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Taree, 78.3% were separate houses, 7.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Taree, of occupied private dwellings 5.2% had 1 bedroom, 21.7% had 2 bedrooms and 47.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Taree, 35.3% were owned outright, 24.4% were owned with a mortgage and 36.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Taree, of all households, 63.6% were family households, 33.2% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Taree, 42.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.9% 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 Taree, 43.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Taree, there were 1,369 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 656 (or 47.9%) were male and 713 (or 52.1%) 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 Taree, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $612.

In Taree, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $175 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,539.