Tawonga South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 838 people in Tawonga South of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Tawonga South was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.9% of the population.

Of people in Tawonga South aged 15 years and over, 60.8% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tawonga South was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Tawonga South, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tawonga South was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Tawonga South 25.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.0% were in primary school, 21.1% in secondary school and 12.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tawonga South were English 29.4%, Australian 26.9%, Irish 10.6%, Scottish 8.9% and German 4.9%.

In Tawonga South, 79.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, Italy 1.4%, Germany 1.3%, Austria 1.2% and Netherlands 1.2%.

In Tawonga South, 61.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tawonga South were No Religion 33.9%, Catholic 21.8%, Anglican 14.0%, Uniting Church 9.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6%.

In Tawonga South 89.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 2.5%, Italian 1.1%, Czech 1.1%, Hungarian 0.5% and Slovak 0.5%.

Employment

There were 399 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tawonga South. Of these 53.9% were employed full time, 35.1% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tawonga South, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tawonga South was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Tawonga South included Professionals 21.1%, Managers 20.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.9%, Labourers 7.8%, Sales Workers 6.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Tawonga South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 11.5%, School Education 9.9%, Hospitals 6.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2% and On Selling Electricity and Electricity Market Operation 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tawonga South was $508.

In Tawonga South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.1%, Walked only 8.4%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Bicycle 1.6% and Other 1.0%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tawonga South, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.5% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 38.9% 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 Tawonga South, 30.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tawonga South, 38.1% were couple families with children, 52.2% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

In Tawonga South 14.3% of single parents were male and 85.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tawonga South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,625 and those without children was $1,899.

Employment status of couple families

In Tawonga South, of couple families with children, 15.8% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 21.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tawonga South, 67.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 32.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tawonga South, 94.6% were separate houses, 1.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.6% were other dwellings.

In Tawonga South, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 15.1% had 2 bedrooms and 55.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tawonga South, 47.0% were owned outright, 33.3% were owned with a mortgage and 17.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Tawonga South, of all households, 68.0% were family households, 30.2% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Tawonga South, 31.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.0% 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 Tawonga South, 42.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tawonga South, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Tawonga South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Tawonga South, 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.