Towers Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 224 people in Towers Hill of these 52.7% were male and 47.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Towers Hill was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.9% of the population.

Of people in Towers Hill aged 15 years and over, 49.7% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Towers Hill was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Towers Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Towers Hill was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 56 years.

In Towers Hill 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.9% were in primary school, 19.7% in secondary school and 4.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Towers Hill were Australian 35.0%, English 25.9%, Irish 7.4%, Scottish 6.1% and German 3.4%.

In Towers Hill, 77.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.3%, Netherlands 1.3%, New Zealand 1.3%, Philippines 1.3% and Sri Lanka 1.3%.

In Towers Hill, 87.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Towers Hill were Anglican 21.1%, Catholic 20.6%, No Religion 15.2%, Uniting Church 13.5% and Christian, nfd 1.8%.

In Towers Hill 82.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Sinhalese 1.4% and Filipino 1.4%.

Employment

There were 101 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Towers Hill. Of these 60.4% were employed full time, 30.7% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Towers Hill, 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Towers Hill was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Towers Hill included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.7%, Sales Workers 15.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.4%, Labourers 13.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Managers 7.2% and Professionals 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Towers Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 11.2%, Local Government Administration 9.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 8.2%, Road Freight Transport 5.1% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Towers Hill was $479.

In Towers Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.2%, Car, as passenger 15.3%, Bus 4.1%, Truck 4.1% and Walked only 4.1%. On the day, 4.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Towers Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.2% provided care for children and 8.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.5% 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 Towers Hill, 23.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Towers Hill, 39.6% were couple families with children, 49.1% were couple families without children and 11.3% were one parent families.

In Towers Hill 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Towers Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,562 and those without children was $1,687.

Employment status of couple families

In Towers Hill, of couple families with children, 26.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 20.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Towers Hill, 89.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Towers Hill, 89.6% were separate houses, 6.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Towers Hill, of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 18.8% had 2 bedrooms and 52.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Towers Hill, 37.2% were owned outright, 33.3% were owned with a mortgage and 29.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Towers Hill, of all households, 69.2% were family households, 26.9% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Towers Hill, 27.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Towers Hill, 35.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Towers Hill, there were 23 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 47.8%) were male and 12 (or 52.2%) were female. The median age was 57 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 Towers Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $680.

In Towers Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $126 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.