Taplan

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 114 people in Taplan of these 53.5% were male and 46.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Taplan was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.4% of the population.

Of people in Taplan aged 15 years and over, 58.1% were married and 17.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Taplan was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Taplan, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Taplan was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Taplan 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.3% were in primary school, 18.2% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Taplan were English 33.3%, Australian 25.5%, German 15.6%, Scottish 6.4% and Irish 5.7%.

In Taplan, 84.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 8.0% and New Zealand 2.7%.

In Taplan, 83.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Taplan were Lutheran 32.7%, No Religion 21.2%, Anglican 10.6%, Christian, nfd 10.6% and Catholic 6.2%.

In Taplan 94.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Filipino 2.6%.

Employment

There were 57 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Taplan. Of these 50.9% were employed full time, 38.6% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Taplan, 14.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 0.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Taplan was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Taplan were Managers 52.7%, Labourers 20.0%, Professionals 5.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Taplan, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 56.6%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 13.2%, Fuel Retailing 9.4%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 7.5% and Hospitals 7.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Taplan was $440.

In Taplan, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 49.1%, Walked only 10.9%, Car, as passenger 5.5% and Truck 5.5%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 48.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Taplan, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.3% provided care for children and 9.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.0% 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 Taplan, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Taplan, 32.3% were couple families with children, 38.7% were couple families without children and 29.0% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Taplan, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Taplan, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 39.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Taplan, 83.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Taplan, 93.5% 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 Taplan, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 20.0% had 2 bedrooms and 42.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Taplan, 44.4% were owned outright, 26.7% were owned with a mortgage and 22.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Taplan, of all households, 77.3% were family households, 22.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Taplan, 23.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.9% 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 Taplan, 28.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Taplan, 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 Taplan, 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 Taplan, 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.