Toolern Vale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 879 people in Toolern Vale of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Toolern Vale was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.1% of the population.

Of people in Toolern Vale aged 15 years and over, 52.1% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Toolern Vale was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Toolern Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Toolern Vale was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Toolern Vale 26.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.9% were in primary school, 25.1% in secondary school and 10.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Toolern Vale were Australian 28.0%, English 26.4%, Irish 10.3%, Maltese 7.0% and Scottish 6.1%.

In Toolern Vale, 78.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, Malta 3.1%, Italy 1.0%, New Zealand 1.0% and Scotland 1.0%.

In Toolern Vale, 63.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Toolern Vale were Catholic 34.3%, No Religion 20.6%, Anglican 19.4%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Eastern Orthodox 3.5%.

In Toolern Vale 87.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maltese 4.0%, Italian 0.9%, Greek 0.7%, Croatian 0.7% and Portuguese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 478 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Toolern Vale. Of these 58.4% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Toolern Vale, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Toolern Vale was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Toolern Vale included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.0%, Managers 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.8%, Professionals 11.9%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Labourers 9.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Toolern Vale, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Road Freight Transport 3.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 2.9%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 2.9% and Residential Building Construction 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Toolern Vale was $614.

In Toolern Vale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.9%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Truck 2.2%, Train, car as driver 1.8% and Walked only 1.5%. On the day, 3.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Toolern Vale, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.8% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.4% 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 Toolern Vale, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Toolern Vale, 51.2% were couple families with children, 39.2% were couple families without children and 8.3% were one parent families.

In Toolern Vale 22.2% of single parents were male and 77.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Toolern Vale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,218 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Toolern Vale, of couple families with children, 18.3% had both partners employed full-time, 6.4% had both employed part-time and 24.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Toolern Vale, 88.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Toolern Vale, 95.2% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.9% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

In Toolern Vale, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 5.8% had 2 bedrooms and 42.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Toolern Vale, 45.7% were owned outright, 37.7% were owned with a mortgage and 12.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Toolern Vale, of all households, 74.8% were family households, 22.0% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Toolern Vale, 20.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.8% 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 Toolern Vale, 16.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Toolern Vale, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Toolern Vale, 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 Toolern Vale, 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.