Telegraph Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 619 people in Telegraph Point of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Telegraph Point was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.1% of the population.

Of people in Telegraph Point aged 15 years and over, 51.7% were married and 15.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Telegraph Point was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Telegraph Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Telegraph Point was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Telegraph Point 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.0% were in primary school, 34.9% in secondary school and 15.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Telegraph Point were Australian 33.1%, English 32.6%, Irish 11.0%, Scottish 8.6% and German 3.0%.

In Telegraph Point, 83.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, New Zealand 2.4%, Fiji 0.6%, Denmark 0.5% and Germany 0.5%.

In Telegraph Point, 75.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Telegraph Point were Anglican 30.2%, Catholic 26.3%, No Religion 20.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0% and Uniting Church 2.6%.

In Telegraph Point 94.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Danish 0.5%, Spanish 0.5%, Fijian Hindustani 0.5% and Lao 0.5%.

Employment

There were 303 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Telegraph Point. Of these 55.1% were employed full time, 33.7% were employed part-time and 7.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Telegraph Point, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Telegraph Point was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Telegraph Point included Professionals 18.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.9%, Sales Workers 12.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.4%, Managers 10.7%, Labourers 8.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Telegraph Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.8%, Road Freight Transport 5.4%, School Education 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6% and Local Government Administration 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Telegraph Point was $449.

In Telegraph Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.8%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Truck 3.6%, Walked only 2.9% and Motorbike/scooter 1.4%. 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 77.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Telegraph Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% provided care for children and 15.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.5% 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 Telegraph Point, 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Telegraph Point, 46.4% were couple families with children, 42.5% were couple families without children and 11.2% were one parent families.

In Telegraph Point 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Telegraph Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,643.

Employment status of couple families

In Telegraph Point, of couple families with children, 17.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% 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 Telegraph Point, 90.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Telegraph Point, 98.6% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Telegraph Point, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 9.7% had 2 bedrooms and 44.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Telegraph Point, 37.2% were owned outright, 45.1% were owned with a mortgage and 13.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Telegraph Point, of all households, 77.8% were family households, 17.1% were single person households and 5.1% were group households.

In Telegraph Point, 24.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Telegraph Point, 23.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Telegraph Point, there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 36.4%) were male and 14 (or 63.6%) were female. The median age was 40 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 Telegraph Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Telegraph Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,825.