North Talwood

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 360 people in North Talwood of these 53.6% were male and 46.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in North Talwood was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in North Talwood aged 15 years and over, 56.7% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Talwood was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In North Talwood, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Talwood was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In North Talwood 26.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 56.2% were in primary school, 9.4% in secondary school and 4.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Talwood were Australian 37.2%, English 29.7%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 5.7% and German 4.1%.

In North Talwood, 90.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 2.5%, England 0.8%, Philippines 0.8% and Sweden 0.8%.

In North Talwood, 88.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Talwood were Catholic 37.2%, Anglican 25.3%, No Religion 11.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.6% and Uniting Church 5.6%.

In North Talwood 97.8% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 199 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Talwood. Of these 71.4% were employed full time, 20.1% were employed part-time and 2.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Talwood, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 65.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Talwood was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The only other responses for occupation in North Talwood were Managers 50.8%, Labourers 15.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.8%, Professionals 5.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.6% and Technicians and Trades Workers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in North Talwood, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 54.4%, Other Crop Growing 10.8%, School Education 6.7%, Other Construction Services 3.6% and Agricultural Product Wholesaling 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Talwood was $625.

In North Talwood, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 48.2%, Walked only 8.8%, Car, as passenger 4.1% and Car as driver, other 2.1%. 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 52.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Talwood, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.2% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.5% 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 North Talwood, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Talwood, 44.2% were couple families with children, 47.7% were couple families without children and 8.1% were one parent families.

In North Talwood 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Talwood, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,416 and those without children was $1,949.

Employment status of couple families

In North Talwood, of couple families with children, 26.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 24.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Talwood, 83.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Talwood, 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 North Talwood, of occupied private dwellings 5.8% had 1 bedroom, 19.6% had 2 bedrooms and 34.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Talwood, 42.4% were owned outright, 12.2% were owned with a mortgage and 36.7% were rented.

Household composition

In North Talwood, of all households, 61.0% were family households, 36.9% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In North Talwood, 26.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.0% 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 North Talwood, 18.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Talwood, 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 18 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 North Talwood, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In North Talwood, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.