Toll

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 412 people in Toll of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Toll was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in Toll aged 15 years and over, 57.5% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Toll was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Toll, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Toll was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Toll 29.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.8% were in primary school, 30.0% in secondary school and 14.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Toll were Australian 46.5%, English 26.4%, Scottish 8.1%, Irish 4.8% and Italian 2.8%.

In Toll, 93.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.9%, Indonesia 1.0% and New Zealand 1.0%.

In Toll, 84.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Toll were Catholic 27.8%, Anglican 21.3%, No Religion 21.0%, Uniting Church 12.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In Toll 95.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Indonesian 0.7% and Mandarin 0.7%.

Employment

There were 216 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Toll. Of these 63.9% were employed full time, 24.1% were employed part-time and 1.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Toll, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Toll was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Toll included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.0%, Professionals 16.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Managers 12.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.9%, Labourers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6% and Sales Workers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Toll, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 11.4%, Metal Ore Mining 8.1%, Local Government Administration 7.1%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 3.3% and Rail Freight Transport 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Toll was $754.

In Toll, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.5%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Bus 3.4%, Truck 2.4% and Walked only 2.4%. On the day, 3.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Toll, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.0% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.1% 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 Toll, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Toll, 58.6% were couple families with children, 31.5% were couple families without children and 7.2% were one parent families.

In Toll 44.4% of single parents were male and 55.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Toll, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,535 and those without children was $1,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Toll, of couple families with children, 20.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 23.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Toll, 84.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Toll, 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 Toll, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 9.4% had 2 bedrooms and 39.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Toll, 42.4% were owned outright, 44.8% were owned with a mortgage and 12.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Toll, of all households, 85.8% were family households, 14.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Toll, 12.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.4% 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 Toll, 20.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 52.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Toll, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 50.0%) were male and 8 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Toll, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Toll, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $540.