Tarampa

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 325 people in Tarampa of these 56.3% were male and 43.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Tarampa was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.1% of the population.

Of people in Tarampa aged 15 years and over, 43.5% were married and 16.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tarampa was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 42 years.

In Tarampa, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tarampa was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 55 years.

In Tarampa 17.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.8% were in primary school, 33.3% in secondary school and 10.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tarampa were Australian 29.8%, English 29.6%, German 11.7%, Scottish 7.9% and Irish 7.0%.

In Tarampa, 87.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.7%, England 2.1%, Northern Ireland 1.2%, South Africa 1.2% and Germany 0.9%.

In Tarampa, 79.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tarampa were No Religion 18.9%, Anglican 18.6%, Catholic 16.2%, Lutheran 11.6% and Uniting Church 7.3%.

In Tarampa 98.5% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 120 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tarampa. Of these 61.7% were employed full time, 29.2% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tarampa, 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tarampa was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Tarampa included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.3%, Professionals 16.7%, Labourers 15.0%, Managers 13.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2% and Sales Workers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Tarampa, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.8%, School Education 5.8%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 5.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tarampa was $364.

In Tarampa, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 65.0%, Truck 6.8%, Car, as passenger 5.1% and Walked only 4.3%. 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 70.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tarampa, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.4% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.8% 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 Tarampa, 20.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tarampa, 42.5% were couple families with children, 45.0% were couple families without children and 8.8% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Tarampa, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,285 and those without children was $1,399.

Employment status of couple families

In Tarampa, of couple families with children, 10.7% had both partners employed full-time, 6.7% had both employed part-time and 16.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tarampa, 97.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tarampa, 97.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.9% were other dwellings.

In Tarampa, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 12.7% had 2 bedrooms and 45.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tarampa, 41.4% were owned outright, 44.4% were owned with a mortgage and 9.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Tarampa, of all households, 78.8% were family households, 17.2% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Tarampa, 31.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Tarampa, 28.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tarampa, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 64.3%) were male and 5 (or 35.7%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Tarampa, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,133.

In Tarampa, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $700.