Taree South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 295 people in Taree South of these 52.9% were male and 47.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Taree South was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.8% of the population.

Of people in Taree South aged 15 years and over, 58.2% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Taree South was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Taree South, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Taree South was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Taree South 27.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.2% were in primary school, 27.5% in secondary school and 11.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Taree South were English 42.7%, Australian 29.8%, Irish 7.4%, Scottish 6.9% and Dutch 3.2%.

In Taree South, 83.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.8%, Netherlands 1.4%, New Zealand 1.4%, Chile 1.0% and Scotland 1.0%.

In Taree South, 73.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Taree South were Anglican 40.0%, No Religion 19.0%, Catholic 18.6%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Taree South 97.9% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 112 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Taree South. Of these 40.2% were employed full time, 38.4% were employed part-time and 16.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Taree South, 20.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.7% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Taree South included Labourers 17.5%, Professionals 16.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Managers 10.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.3%, Sales Workers 9.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Taree South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 8.2%, Accommodation 5.2%, Market Research and Statistical Services 5.2%, Adult, Community and Other Education 5.2% and Dairy Cattle Farming 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Taree South was $344.

In Taree South, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 74.0%, Car, as passenger 3.1% and Motorbike/scooter 3.1%. 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 76.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Taree South, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.7% provided care for children and 19.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.9% 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 South, 20.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Taree South, 34.8% were couple families with children, 50.6% were couple families without children and 14.6% were one parent families.

In Taree South 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Taree South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,963 and those without children was $1,187.

Employment status of couple families

In Taree South, of couple families with children, 10.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 9.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Taree South, 92.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Taree South, 79.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 15.4% were other dwellings.

In Taree South, of occupied private dwellings 7.7% had 1 bedroom, 9.4% had 2 bedrooms and 39.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Taree South, 53.8% were owned outright, 21.4% were owned with a mortgage and 22.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Taree South, of all households, 74.8% were family households, 20.9% were single person households and 4.3% were group households.

In Taree South, 41.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.9% 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 South, 22.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Taree South, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 70.0%) were male and 3 (or 30.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $250.

In Taree South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.