Thoopara

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 227 people in Thoopara of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Thoopara was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.0% of the population.

Of people in Thoopara aged 15 years and over, 60.7% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Thoopara was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Thoopara, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Thoopara was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 24 years.

In Thoopara 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.5% were in primary school, 9.5% in secondary school and 19.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Thoopara were English 36.3%, Australian 30.8%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.4% and German 5.4%.

In Thoopara, 87.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.2%, New Zealand 1.3%, Philippines 1.3% and Scotland 1.3%.

In Thoopara, 84.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Thoopara were Catholic 30.4%, Anglican 23.7%, No Religion 13.8%, Uniting Church 13.4% and Christian, nfd 4.0%.

In Thoopara 94.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Tagalog 1.3%.

Employment

There were 127 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Thoopara. Of these 65.4% were employed full time, 24.4% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Thoopara, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Thoopara was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Thoopara included Managers 31.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Labourers 13.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.6%, Sales Workers 6.7% and Professionals 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Thoopara, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 17.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 10.9%, Coal Mining 7.6%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 3.4% and Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Thoopara was $504.

In Thoopara, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.9%, Walked only 7.6%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Bus 2.5% and Truck 2.5%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Thoopara, 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, 33.9% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.1% 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 Thoopara, 19.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Thoopara, 46.8% were couple families with children, 38.7% were couple families without children and 14.5% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Thoopara, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,600 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Thoopara, of couple families with children, 19.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 17.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Thoopara, 84.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Thoopara, 95.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.9% were other dwellings.

In Thoopara, of occupied private dwellings 9.8% had 1 bedroom, 14.6% had 2 bedrooms and 45.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Thoopara, 48.1% were owned outright, 24.7% were owned with a mortgage and 22.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Thoopara, of all households, 72.3% were family households, 27.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Thoopara, 28.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.9% 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 Thoopara, 28.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Thoopara, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) 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 Thoopara, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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