Thagoona

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 972 people in Thagoona of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Thagoona was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.7% of the population.

Of people in Thagoona aged 15 years and over, 55.4% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Thagoona was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Thagoona, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Thagoona was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Thagoona 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.8% were in primary school, 26.9% in secondary school and 16.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Thagoona were Australian 35.0%, English 26.8%, German 8.5%, Scottish 7.6% and Irish 6.4%.

In Thagoona, 86.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.1%, New Zealand 2.0%, Scotland 1.0%, South Africa 0.8% and Malaysia 0.7%.

In Thagoona, 76.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Thagoona were Anglican 21.9%, Catholic 19.9%, No Religion 19.1%, Uniting Church 10.6% and Baptist 5.0%.

In Thagoona 96.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 1.0% and Vietnamese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 526 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Thagoona. Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 27.6% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Thagoona, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Thagoona was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Thagoona included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Labourers 14.1%, Professionals 11.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.3%, Managers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9% and Sales Workers 8.7%.

Of the employed people in Thagoona, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.0%, Defence 4.2%, Hospitals 3.8%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.2% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%.

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

In Thagoona, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.1%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Train 3.4%, Truck 2.2% and Motorbike/scooter 2.0%. On the day, 7.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Thagoona, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.7% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.3% 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 Thagoona, 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Thagoona, 51.2% were couple families with children, 32.8% were couple families without children and 15.0% were one parent families.

In Thagoona 11.6% of single parents were male and 88.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Thagoona, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,116 and those without children was $1,483.

Employment status of couple families

In Thagoona, of couple families with children, 22.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 20.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Thagoona, 98.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 1.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Thagoona, 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 Thagoona, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 3.2% had 2 bedrooms and 42.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Thagoona, 33.3% were owned outright, 55.6% were owned with a mortgage and 9.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Thagoona, of all households, 87.7% were family households, 11.0% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Thagoona, 11.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.9% 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 Thagoona, 19.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Thagoona, there were 36 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 50.0%) were male and 18 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Thagoona, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,166.

In Thagoona, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $340 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $775.