Teralba

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,558 people in Teralba of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Teralba was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.5% of the population.

Of people in Teralba aged 15 years and over, 40.3% were married and 17.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Teralba was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Teralba, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Teralba was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Teralba 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.1% were in primary school, 24.9% in secondary school and 18.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Teralba were Australian 35.2%, English 32.9%, Scottish 8.1%, Irish 7.9% and German 2.4%.

In Teralba, 87.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.9%, New Zealand 1.0%, Germany 0.5%, Scotland 0.5% and Philippines 0.4%.

In Teralba, 80.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Teralba were Anglican 25.7%, Catholic 24.1%, No Religion 20.5%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Teralba 94.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 0.4%, Maori (New Zealand) 0.4%, Min Nan 0.3%, Danish 0.2% and Greek 0.2%.

Employment

There were 680 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Teralba. Of these 57.4% were employed full time, 29.3% were employed part-time and 8.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Teralba, 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Teralba was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Teralba included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Professionals 12.4%, Labourers 11.6%, Managers 10.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.5% and Sales Workers 8.8%.

Of the employed people in Teralba, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 5.8%, Building Installation Services 3.4%, School Education 3.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.9% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Teralba was $437.

In Teralba, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.6%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Truck 3.2%, Walked only 1.8% and Train 1.4%. On the day, 2.2% 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 Teralba, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.1% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.7% 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 Teralba, 23.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Teralba, 38.8% were couple families with children, 36.6% were couple families without children and 23.9% were one parent families.

In Teralba 22.9% of single parents were male and 77.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Teralba, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,119 and those without children was $1,957.

Employment status of couple families

In Teralba, of couple families with children, 19.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 20.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Teralba, 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Teralba, 82.2% were separate houses, 4.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.5% were flats, units or apartments and 9.3% were other dwellings.

In Teralba, of occupied private dwellings 8.8% had 1 bedroom, 26.5% had 2 bedrooms and 44.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Teralba, 38.1% were owned outright, 35.4% were owned with a mortgage and 23.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Teralba, of all households, 67.3% were family households, 29.6% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Teralba, 31.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.8% 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 Teralba, 37.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Teralba, there were 51 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 24 (or 47.1%) were male and 27 (or 52.9%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Teralba, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Teralba, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $140 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,123.