Taylors Arm

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 341 people in Taylors Arm of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Taylors Arm was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.5% of the population.

Of people in Taylors Arm aged 15 years and over, 43.7% were married and 20.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Taylors Arm was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 45 years.

In Taylors Arm, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Taylors Arm was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Taylors Arm 25.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.2% were in primary school, 20.2% in secondary school and 23.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Taylors Arm were English 37.9%, Australian 27.2%, Scottish 10.5%, Irish 9.4% and German 1.6%.

In Taylors Arm, 85.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.1%, New Zealand 2.1%, Ireland 1.2% and Zimbabwe 0.9%.

In Taylors Arm, 77.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Taylors Arm were Anglican 28.1%, Catholic 19.6%, No Religion 19.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.3% and Uniting Church 5.3%.

In Taylors Arm 95.9% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 126 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Taylors Arm. Of these 45.2% were employed full time, 40.5% were employed part-time and 10.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Taylors Arm, 26.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Taylors Arm was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Taylors Arm included Managers 31.6%, Labourers 17.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.7%, Professionals 12.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 2.6% and Sales Workers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Taylors Arm, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 20.5%, School Education 11.1%, Dairy Cattle Farming 6.0%, Specialised Food Retailing 3.4% and Hospitals 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Taylors Arm was $334.

In Taylors Arm, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.4%, Walked only 11.0%, Bus 2.5%, Car, as passenger 2.5% and Motorbike/scooter 2.5%. On the day, 2.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Taylors Arm, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.4% provided care for children and 14.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.8% 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 Taylors Arm, 21.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Taylors Arm, 25.8% were couple families with children, 53.6% were couple families without children and 17.5% were one parent families.

In Taylors Arm 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Taylors Arm, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,343 and those without children was $850.

Employment status of couple families

In Taylors Arm, of couple families with children, 11.2% had both partners employed full-time, 12.5% had both employed part-time and 13.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Taylors Arm, 73.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Taylors Arm, 98.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.0% were other dwellings.

In Taylors Arm, of occupied private dwellings 9.6% had 1 bedroom, 26.0% had 2 bedrooms and 47.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Taylors Arm, 53.8% were owned outright, 24.8% were owned with a mortgage and 15.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Taylors Arm, of all households, 66.0% were family households, 31.2% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Taylors Arm, 58.3% 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 Taylors Arm, 46.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Taylors Arm, 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 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 Taylors Arm, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Taylors Arm, 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.