Thrumster

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 223 people in Thrumster of these 55.6% were male and 44.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Thrumster was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.1% of the population.

Of people in Thrumster aged 15 years and over, 64.5% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Thrumster was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Thrumster, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Thrumster was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 52 years.

In Thrumster 39.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.9% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 10.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Thrumster were Australian 37.5%, English 24.7%, Irish 8.9%, German 4.6% and Italian 4.6%.

In Thrumster, 83.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.3%, England 1.3%, Indonesia 1.3%, Italy 1.3% and New Zealand 1.3%.

In Thrumster, 75.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Thrumster were Anglican 31.4%, Catholic 22.4%, No Religion 9.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.4% and Uniting Church 4.5%.

In Thrumster 87.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Dutch 1.3%.

Employment

There were 88 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Thrumster. Of these 54.5% were employed full time, 38.6% were employed part-time and 6.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Thrumster, 7.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 19.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Thrumster was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Thrumster included Professionals 18.8%, Managers 17.5%, Sales Workers 17.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.8%, Labourers 10.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Thrumster, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing 7.6%, Hospitals 5.1%, Bakery Product Manufacturing 3.8%, Residential Building Construction 3.8% and Non-Residential Building Construction 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Thrumster was $408.

In Thrumster, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 76.5%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Car as driver, car as passenger 3.7% and Walked only 3.7%. 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 82.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Thrumster, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.9% provided care for children and 16.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.8% 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 Thrumster, 20.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Thrumster, 50.0% were couple families with children, 36.7% were couple families without children and 13.3% were one parent families.

In Thrumster 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Thrumster, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Thrumster, of couple families with children, 11.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 23.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Thrumster, 93.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Thrumster, 95.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Thrumster, of occupied private dwellings 6.0% had 1 bedroom, 7.5% had 2 bedrooms and 29.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Thrumster, 44.1% were owned outright, 30.9% were owned with a mortgage and 25.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Thrumster, of all households, 86.6% were family households, 13.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Thrumster, 14.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 Thrumster, 23.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Thrumster, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 60.0%) were male and 4 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 51 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 Thrumster, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Thrumster, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,000.