Tumbarumba

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,757 people in Tumbarumba of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Tumbarumba was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.1% of the population.

Of people in Tumbarumba aged 15 years and over, 49.2% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Tumbarumba, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tumbarumba was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Tumbarumba 27.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.8% were in primary school, 24.6% in secondary school and 11.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tumbarumba were Australian 34.7%, English 31.5%, Scottish 7.5%, Irish 7.4% and German 4.7%.

In Tumbarumba, 85.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.8%, England 1.7%, Scotland 0.6%, United States of America 0.5% and Egypt 0.4%.

In Tumbarumba, 81.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tumbarumba were Anglican 32.4%, Catholic 24.8%, No Religion 14.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 7.9% and Uniting Church 4.8%.

In Tumbarumba 93.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 0.7%, Cantonese 0.6%, Spanish 0.2%, Czech 0.2% and Nepali 0.2%.

Employment

There were 773 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tumbarumba. Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 26.8% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tumbarumba, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tumbarumba was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Tumbarumba included Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Labourers 15.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.0%, Managers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Professionals 10.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.3% and Sales Workers 8.4%.

Of the employed people in Tumbarumba, the most common responses for industry of employment included Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 13.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.5%, Road Freight Transport 5.6%, School Education 5.2% and Local Government Administration 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tumbarumba was $451.

In Tumbarumba, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.6%, Walked only 7.7%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Truck 2.8% and Car as driver, car as passenger 0.7%. 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 70.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tumbarumba, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.3% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.8% 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 Tumbarumba, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tumbarumba, 36.2% were couple families with children, 48.0% were couple families without children and 15.1% were one parent families.

In Tumbarumba 23.5% of single parents were male and 76.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tumbarumba, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,690 and those without children was $1,550.

Employment status of couple families

In Tumbarumba, of couple families with children, 19.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 21.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tumbarumba, 83.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tumbarumba, 94.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.1% were flats, units or apartments and 2.2% were other dwellings.

In Tumbarumba, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 16.3% had 2 bedrooms and 51.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tumbarumba, 39.5% were owned outright, 27.0% were owned with a mortgage and 29.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Tumbarumba, of all households, 66.8% were family households, 31.1% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Tumbarumba, 33.2% 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 Tumbarumba, 38.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tumbarumba, there were 34 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 50.0%) were male and 17 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Tumbarumba, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,025.

In Tumbarumba, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $185 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.