Tailem Bend

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,802 people in Tailem Bend of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Tailem Bend was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.8% of the population.

Of people in Tailem Bend aged 15 years and over, 45.8% were married and 16.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tailem Bend was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Tailem Bend, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tailem Bend was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Tailem Bend 25.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.6% were in primary school, 18.4% in secondary school and 9.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tailem Bend were Australian 31.7%, English 31.2%, German 10.3%, Irish 6.7% and Scottish 5.4%.

In Tailem Bend, 84.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, Germany 0.9%, New Zealand 0.8%, Netherlands 0.7% and Philippines 0.4%.

In Tailem Bend, 77.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tailem Bend were No Religion 27.9%, Uniting Church 14.4%, Catholic 14.2%, Anglican 12.6% and Lutheran 9.1%.

In Tailem Bend 93.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Ngarrindjeri 0.3%, Arabic 0.2%, Telugu 0.2%, German 0.2% and Russian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 768 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tailem Bend. Of these 48.7% were employed full time, 33.5% were employed part-time and 10.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tailem Bend, 12.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tailem Bend was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Tailem Bend included Labourers 21.8%, Managers 14.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.5%, Sales Workers 11.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Professionals 8.0% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Tailem Bend, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.1%, Fuel Retailing 4.1% and Other Livestock Farming 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tailem Bend was $393.

In Tailem Bend, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.0%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Walked only 4.5%, Truck 1.7% and Other 1.3%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tailem Bend, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.1% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.3% 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 Tailem Bend, 23.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tailem Bend, 33.7% were couple families with children, 45.9% were couple families without children and 18.4% were one parent families.

In Tailem Bend 24.4% of single parents were male and 75.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tailem Bend, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,437 and those without children was $1,347.

Employment status of couple families

In Tailem Bend, of couple families with children, 11.4% had both partners employed full-time, 6.3% had both employed part-time and 17.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tailem Bend, 86.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tailem Bend, 92.7% were separate houses, 2.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.4% were other dwellings.

In Tailem Bend, of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 18.4% had 2 bedrooms and 60.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tailem Bend, 40.0% were owned outright, 37.1% were owned with a mortgage and 18.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Tailem Bend, of all households, 68.2% were family households, 28.6% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Tailem Bend, 40.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.4% 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 Tailem Bend, 37.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tailem Bend, there were 58 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 42 (or 72.4%) were male and 16 (or 27.6%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Tailem Bend, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,350.

In Tailem Bend, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $760.