Tingun

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 253 people in Tingun of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Tingun was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.8% of the population.

Of people in Tingun aged 15 years and over, 64.0% were married and 9.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tingun was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Tingun, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tingun was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Tingun 25.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.8% were in primary school, 21.5% in secondary school and 9.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tingun were Australian 39.7%, English 35.7%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 6.2% and German 3.6%.

In Tingun, 93.2% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Tingun, 93.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tingun were Anglican 32.5%, Catholic 27.4%, No Religion 10.7%, Uniting Church 6.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4%.

In Tingun 95.6% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 148 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tingun. Of these 64.9% were employed full time, 26.4% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tingun, 7.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 63.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tingun was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Tingun included Managers 32.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.6%, Professionals 11.9%, Labourers 11.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.8%, Sales Workers 4.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Tingun, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 25.9%, Agricultural Product Wholesaling 4.9%, Accommodation 3.5%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 2.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tingun was $615.

In Tingun, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.0%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Tram 2.1%, Other 2.1% and Walked only 2.1%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tingun, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.6% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.9% 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 Tingun, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tingun, 50.0% were couple families with children, 42.2% were couple families without children and 7.8% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Tingun, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,527.

Employment status of couple families

In Tingun, of couple families with children, 28.1% had both partners employed full-time, 7.0% had both employed part-time and 28.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tingun, 71.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 28.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tingun, 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 Tingun, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 5.0% had 2 bedrooms and 38.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tingun, 45.6% were owned outright, 30.4% were owned with a mortgage and 16.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Tingun, of all households, 77.8% were family households, 18.5% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Tingun, 25.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.1% 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 Tingun, 9.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 43.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tingun, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Tingun, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.

In Tingun, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $120 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,058.