Tomago

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 271 people in Tomago of these 67.9% were male and 32.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Tomago was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 8.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.8% of the population.

Of people in Tomago aged 15 years and over, 35.1% were married and 25.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tomago was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Tomago, of people aged 15 years and over, 30.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tomago was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Tomago 22.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 11.1% were in primary school, 20.6% in secondary school and 23.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tomago were Australian 33.4%, English 31.7%, Irish 10.9%, Scottish 8.2% and German 2.6%.

In Tomago, 81.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.7%, England 2.9%, Ireland 1.1%, Korea, Republic of (South) 1.1% and Netherlands 1.1%.

In Tomago, 73.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tomago were Anglican 29.1%, Catholic 21.1%, No Religion 17.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.1% and Uniting Church 5.1%.

In Tomago 90.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Auslan 1.1%.

Employment

There were 140 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tomago. Of these 69.3% were employed full time, 17.9% were employed part-time and 9.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tomago, 2.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tomago was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Tomago included Machinery Operators And Drivers 27.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.7%, Labourers 15.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Managers 8.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.1% and Professionals 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Tomago, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.8%, Poultry Farming 4.0%, Employment Services 3.2%, Hospitals 3.2% and Construction Material Mining 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tomago was $573.

In Tomago, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.2%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Train 2.4%, Truck 2.4% and Bicycle 2.4%. 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 76.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tomago, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.7% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.2% 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 Tomago, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tomago, 38.2% were couple families with children, 43.6% were couple families without children and 18.2% were one parent families.

In Tomago 54.5% of single parents were male and 45.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tomago, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,583 and those without children was $500.

Employment status of couple families

In Tomago, of couple families with children, 19.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 7.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tomago, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tomago, 30.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 69.1% were other dwellings.

In Tomago, of occupied private dwellings 42.3% had 1 bedroom, 14.6% had 2 bedrooms and 10.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2. The average household size was 1.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tomago, 40.7% were owned outright, 7.4% were owned with a mortgage and 43.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Tomago, of all households, 37.8% were family households, 62.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Tomago, 30.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Tomago, 46.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 20.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tomago, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 72.7%) were male and 3 (or 27.3%) 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 Tomago, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.8 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $419.

In Tomago, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $176 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.