Tomingley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 330 people in Tomingley of these 54.8% were male and 45.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Tomingley was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.2% of the population.

Of people in Tomingley aged 15 years and over, 59.1% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tomingley was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Tomingley, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tomingley was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Tomingley 25.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.5% were in primary school, 30.5% in secondary school and 17.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tomingley were Australian 37.2%, English 29.1%, Irish 10.1%, Scottish 8.5% and German 3.4%.

In Tomingley, 89.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.8%, Fiji 0.9%, Netherlands 0.9%, New Zealand 0.9% and Papua New Guinea 0.9%.

In Tomingley, 86.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tomingley were Anglican 30.7%, Catholic 18.2%, No Religion 14.0%, Uniting Church 11.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.4%.

In Tomingley 92.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Hindi 0.9% and Thai 0.9%.

Employment

There were 190 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tomingley. Of these 73.2% were employed full time, 22.1% were employed part-time and 1.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tomingley, 6.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 65.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tomingley was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Tomingley included Managers 47.0%, Professionals 10.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%, Labourers 5.5% and Sales Workers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Tomingley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 44.6%, Road Freight Transport 6.0%, School Education 4.3%, State Government Administration 3.8% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tomingley was $503.

In Tomingley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.0%, Truck 4.9%, Walked only 3.8%, Other 2.2% and Car, as passenger 1.6%. 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 45.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tomingley, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.3% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.9% 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 Tomingley, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tomingley, 37.1% were couple families with children, 49.5% were couple families without children and 10.3% were one parent families.

In Tomingley 46.2% of single parents were male and 53.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tomingley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,049 and those without children was $968.

Employment status of couple families

In Tomingley, of couple families with children, 39.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 24.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tomingley, 76.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tomingley, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Tomingley, of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 20.5% had 2 bedrooms and 47.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tomingley, 52.6% were owned outright, 30.1% were owned with a mortgage and 12.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Tomingley, of all households, 68.9% were family households, 26.5% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In Tomingley, 34.7% 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 Tomingley, 28.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tomingley, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 56.2%) were male and 7 (or 43.8%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Tomingley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Tomingley, 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.