Lower Tenthill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 333 people in Lower Tenthill of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Lower Tenthill was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.8% of the population.

Of people in Lower Tenthill aged 15 years and over, 52.9% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lower Tenthill was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Lower Tenthill, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lower Tenthill was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Lower Tenthill 28.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.7% were in primary school, 26.9% in secondary school and 14.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lower Tenthill were Australian 31.2%, English 24.1%, German 18.2%, Irish 10.6% and Scottish 6.9%.

In Lower Tenthill, 93.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 2.7%, England 1.5% and Scotland 0.9%.

In Lower Tenthill, 83.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lower Tenthill were Catholic 31.3%, Anglican 16.3%, No Religion 11.7%, Lutheran 11.4% and Uniting Church 6.0%.

In Lower Tenthill 97.9% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 179 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lower Tenthill. Of these 60.9% were employed full time, 29.1% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lower Tenthill, 7.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Lower Tenthill was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 32 years.

The most common occupations in Lower Tenthill included Managers 25.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.8%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.8%, Labourers 9.8%, Professionals 7.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Lower Tenthill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 22.1%, Road Freight Transport 7.0%, Other Crop Growing 5.2%, School Education 5.2% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lower Tenthill was $509.

In Lower Tenthill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.8%, Car, as passenger 9.3%, Walked only 2.3%, Motorbike/scooter 1.7% and Other 1.7%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lower Tenthill, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.6% provided care for children and 15.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.9% 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 Lower Tenthill, 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lower Tenthill, 45.6% were couple families with children, 41.1% were couple families without children and 13.3% were one parent families.

In Lower Tenthill 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lower Tenthill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,562 and those without children was $1,643.

Employment status of couple families

In Lower Tenthill, of couple families with children, 24.4% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 21.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lower Tenthill, 91.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lower Tenthill, 97.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.6% were other dwellings.

In Lower Tenthill, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 2.5% had 2 bedrooms and 47.5% 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 Lower Tenthill, 38.1% were owned outright, 37.3% were owned with a mortgage and 19.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Lower Tenthill, of all households, 71.8% were family households, 25.6% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Lower Tenthill, 25.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.9% 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 Lower Tenthill, 20.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lower Tenthill, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 72.2%) were male and 5 (or 27.8%) were female. The median age was 11 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 Lower Tenthill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,291.

In Lower Tenthill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.