Thallon

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 382 people in Thallon of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 13.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Thallon was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.6% of the population.

Of people in Thallon aged 15 years and over, 50.5% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Thallon was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Thallon, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Thallon was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Thallon 21.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 61.4% were in primary school, 12.0% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Thallon were Australian 36.3%, English 31.4%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 9.0% and German 2.9%.

In Thallon, 92.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were South Africa 1.3%, New Zealand 0.8%, Scotland 0.8% and Zimbabwe 0.8%.

In Thallon, 91.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Thallon were Anglican 43.9%, Catholic 34.5%, No Religion 10.0%, Uniting Church 2.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6%.

In Thallon 96.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Afrikaans 2.4%.

Employment

There were 220 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Thallon. Of these 63.2% were employed full time, 25.5% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Thallon, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Thallon was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Thallon included Managers 39.7%, Labourers 16.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.0%, Professionals 3.3% and Sales Workers 1.9%.

Of the employed people in Thallon, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 45.4%, School Education 6.9%, Other Crop Growing 6.0%, Accommodation 5.1% and Hospitals 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Thallon was $561.

In Thallon, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.7%, Walked only 10.7%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Other 1.9% and Truck 1.4%. 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 54.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Thallon, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.8% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.5% 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 Thallon, 19.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Thallon, 40.4% were couple families with children, 48.1% were couple families without children and 11.5% were one parent families.

In Thallon 66.7% of single parents were male and 33.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Thallon, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $982.

Employment status of couple families

In Thallon, of couple families with children, 32.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 32.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Thallon, 65.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 34.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Thallon, 95.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.1% were flats, units or apartments and 2.9% were other dwellings.

In Thallon, of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 16.5% had 2 bedrooms and 36.7% 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 Thallon, 41.7% were owned outright, 13.7% were owned with a mortgage and 36.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Thallon, of all households, 71.9% were family households, 25.2% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Thallon, 27.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.0% 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 Thallon, 21.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Thallon, there were 50 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 24 (or 48.0%) were male and 26 (or 52.0%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Thallon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,166.

In Thallon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $110 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.