Tyalgum

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 503 people in Tyalgum of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Tyalgum was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population.

Of people in Tyalgum aged 15 years and over, 41.5% were married and 20.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tyalgum was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Tyalgum, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tyalgum was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Tyalgum 35.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.6% were in primary school, 34.3% in secondary school and 16.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tyalgum were English 30.7%, Australian 29.9%, Irish 12.2%, Scottish 8.1% and German 3.2%.

In Tyalgum, 86.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, New Zealand 1.4%, South Africa 0.8%, Austria 0.6% and Germany 0.6%.

In Tyalgum, 72.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tyalgum were No Religion 34.5%, Anglican 19.5%, Catholic 12.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.2% and Uniting Church 4.6%.

In Tyalgum 95.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.6%, Punjabi 0.6%, Thai 0.6% and Mandarin 0.6%.

Employment

There were 203 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tyalgum. Of these 43.3% were employed full time, 40.9% were employed part-time and 7.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tyalgum, 17.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tyalgum was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Tyalgum included Managers 17.8%, Professionals 17.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.5%, Labourers 13.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.0% and Sales Workers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Tyalgum, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Social Assistance Services 6.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.3%, School Education 5.3%, Hospitals 5.3% and Accommodation 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tyalgum was $366.

In Tyalgum, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.9%, Walked only 5.9%, Truck 4.3%, Car, as passenger 2.7% and Other 2.7%. 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 62.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tyalgum, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.4% provided care for children and 16.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.9% 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 Tyalgum, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tyalgum, 41.4% were couple families with children, 33.1% were couple families without children and 25.6% were one parent families.

In Tyalgum 8.8% of single parents were male and 91.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tyalgum, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,410 and those without children was $985.

Employment status of couple families

In Tyalgum, of couple families with children, 6.1% had both partners employed full-time, 6.1% had both employed part-time and 16.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tyalgum, 84.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tyalgum, 92.4% were separate houses, 5.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.2% were other dwellings.

In Tyalgum, of occupied private dwellings 6.5% had 1 bedroom, 20.0% had 2 bedrooms and 48.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tyalgum, 28.3% were owned outright, 43.9% were owned with a mortgage and 24.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Tyalgum, of all households, 70.1% were family households, 25.5% were single person households and 4.3% were group households.

In Tyalgum, 39.4% 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 Tyalgum, 43.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tyalgum, there were 37 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 43.2%) were male and 21 (or 56.8%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Tyalgum, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1.7 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $825.

In Tyalgum, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.