Tungamull

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 393 people in Tungamull of these 55.0% were male and 45.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Tungamull was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.9% of the population.

Of people in Tungamull aged 15 years and over, 58.7% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tungamull was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Tungamull, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tungamull was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Tungamull 25.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.6% were in primary school, 25.7% in secondary school and 4.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tungamull were English 37.2%, Australian 28.8%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 8.6% and German 5.1%.

In Tungamull, 89.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.3%, New Zealand 2.3%, Scotland 0.8% and Tanzania 0.8%.

In Tungamull, 84.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tungamull were No Religion 26.0%, Anglican 25.0%, Catholic 16.8%, Uniting Church 10.5% and Christian, nfd 4.1%.

In Tungamull 95.2% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 194 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tungamull. Of these 65.5% were employed full time, 25.8% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tungamull, 7.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tungamull was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Tungamull included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.4%, Managers 15.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.5%, Professionals 12.0%, Labourers 12.0%, Sales Workers 7.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Tungamull, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 6.0%, Tertiary Education 6.0%, Hospitals 5.5%, Specialised Industrial Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 4.9% and Road Freight Transport 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tungamull was $569.

In Tungamull, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.0%, Car, as passenger 7.6%, Truck 3.8%, Other 1.6% and Bus, car as driver 1.6%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tungamull, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.3% provided care for children and 12.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.3% 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 Tungamull, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tungamull, 42.5% were couple families with children, 41.6% were couple families without children and 15.9% were one parent families.

In Tungamull 58.8% of single parents were male and 41.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tungamull, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,356 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Tungamull, of couple families with children, 17.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 25.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tungamull, 85.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tungamull, 97.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.3% were other dwellings.

In Tungamull, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 14.0% had 2 bedrooms and 48.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tungamull, 45.4% were owned outright, 47.7% were owned with a mortgage and 6.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Tungamull, of all households, 84.4% were family households, 15.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Tungamull, 17.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.5% 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 Tungamull, 19.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tungamull, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Tungamull, 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 Tungamull, 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.