Taigum

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,619 people in Taigum of these 46.3% were male and 53.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Taigum was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.9% of the population.

Of people in Taigum aged 15 years and over, 45.6% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Taigum was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Taigum, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.0% 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 Taigum was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Taigum 24.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.2% were in primary school, 19.7% in secondary school and 23.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Taigum were English 24.8%, Australian 23.5%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 7.0% and German 4.4%.

In Taigum, 65.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.2%, Philippines 3.8%, England 3.7%, India 3.2% and Fiji 1.2%.

In Taigum, 51.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 37.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Taigum were Catholic 31.3%, Anglican 17.5%, No Religion 17.5%, Uniting Church 6.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Taigum 78.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 2.1%, Punjabi 1.5%, Filipino 1.2%, Hindi 1.1% and Italian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 2,863 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Taigum. Of these 64.3% were employed full time, 25.2% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Taigum, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Taigum was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Taigum included Professionals 19.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.0%, Managers 10.2%, Labourers 9.5%, Sales Workers 9.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Taigum, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, School Education 3.3%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.9% and State Government Administration 2.5%.

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

In Taigum, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.9%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Bus 5.9%, Train 4.7% and Train, car as driver 2.4%. On the day, 15.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Taigum, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.2% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.7% 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 Taigum, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Taigum, 38.9% were couple families with children, 41.5% were couple families without children and 17.4% were one parent families.

In Taigum 18.5% of single parents were male and 81.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Taigum, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,206 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Taigum, of couple families with children, 25.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 19.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Taigum, 94.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Taigum, 50.2% were separate houses, 26.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 19.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.2% were other dwellings.

In Taigum, of occupied private dwellings 5.5% had 1 bedroom, 21.2% had 2 bedrooms and 41.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Taigum, 30.6% were owned outright, 32.3% were owned with a mortgage and 32.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Taigum, of all households, 65.0% were family households, 30.4% were single person households and 4.6% were group households.

In Taigum, 23.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.8% 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 Taigum, 46.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Taigum, there were 80 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 33 (or 41.2%) were male and 47 (or 58.7%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Taigum, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,562.

In Taigum, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $343 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $948.