Tatura East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 284 people in Tatura East of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Tatura East was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.2% of the population.

Of people in Tatura East aged 15 years and over, 54.7% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tatura East was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Tatura East, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.6% 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 Tatura East was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Tatura East 34.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.6% were in primary school, 27.6% in secondary school and 14.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tatura East were Australian 29.2%, English 22.2%, Italian 14.3%, Irish 8.6% and Scottish 6.8%.

In Tatura East, 87.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 3.9%, England 1.1%, Netherlands 1.1%, Northern Ireland 1.1% and Papua New Guinea 1.1%.

In Tatura East, 71.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tatura East were Catholic 38.9%, No Religion 15.2%, Anglican 14.8%, Uniting Church 7.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.3%.

In Tatura East 88.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 5.7%, Macedonian 1.4% and Croatian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 162 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tatura East. Of these 58.6% were employed full time, 24.1% were employed part-time and 7.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tatura East, 5.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tatura East was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 23 years.

The most common occupations in Tatura East included Managers 29.5%, Labourers 14.8%, Professionals 14.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.1%, Sales Workers 5.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Tatura East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 16.1%, Dairy Cattle Farming 12.1%, Dairy Product Manufacturing 4.7%, Building Completion Services 4.0% and Adult, Community and Other Education 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tatura East was $632.

In Tatura East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.7%, Walked only 3.3%, Ferry 2.0%, Car, as passenger 2.0% and Motorbike/scooter 2.0%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tatura East, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.7% provided care for children and 8.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.1% 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 Tatura East, 20.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tatura East, 50.0% were couple families with children, 34.1% were couple families without children and 15.9% were one parent families.

In Tatura East 30.8% of single parents were male and 69.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tatura East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,136 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Tatura East, of couple families with children, 33.8% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 30.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tatura East, 88.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tatura East, 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 Tatura East, of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 6.5% had 2 bedrooms and 41.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tatura East, 33.3% were owned outright, 32.3% were owned with a mortgage and 31.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Tatura East, of all households, 82.8% were family households, 17.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Tatura East, 20.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.1% 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 Tatura East, 15.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 44.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tatura East, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Tatura East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Tatura East, 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.