Thevenard

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 581 people in Thevenard of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 26.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Thevenard was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.1% of the population.

Of people in Thevenard aged 15 years and over, 38.9% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Thevenard was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Thevenard, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 23.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Thevenard was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Thevenard 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.4% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 11.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Thevenard were Australian 34.8%, English 24.9%, German 6.9%, Irish 6.2% and Greek 5.6%.

In Thevenard, 83.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.4%, Greece 1.7%, Philippines 1.4%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9% and Cambodia 0.9%.

In Thevenard, 75.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Thevenard were Lutheran 25.7%, No Religion 19.3%, Anglican 11.6%, Catholic 9.5% and Uniting Church 8.4%.

In Thevenard 83.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 4.8%, Filipino 1.2%, Urdu 1.0%, Pitjantjatjara 0.9% and Shona 0.9%.

Employment

There were 316 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Thevenard. Of these 63.9% were employed full time, 25.3% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Thevenard, 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Thevenard was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 55 years.

The most common occupations in Thevenard included Community and Personal Service Workers 15.9%, Professionals 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Labourers 12.3%, Managers 11.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.7% and Sales Workers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Thevenard, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.5%, Accommodation 4.5%, Hospitals 3.9% and Other Social Assistance Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Thevenard was $669.

In Thevenard, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.0%, Walked only 6.2%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Bicycle 1.6% and Other 1.6%. 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 73.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Thevenard, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.1% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.3% 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 Thevenard, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Thevenard, 39.2% were couple families with children, 46.6% were couple families without children and 14.2% were one parent families.

In Thevenard 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Thevenard, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,321 and those without children was $1,840.

Employment status of couple families

In Thevenard, of couple families with children, 27.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 19.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Thevenard, 81.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Thevenard, 90.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.2% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

In Thevenard, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 19.5% had 2 bedrooms and 52.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Thevenard, 32.2% were owned outright, 23.1% were owned with a mortgage and 41.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Thevenard, of all households, 68.2% were family households, 28.9% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Thevenard, 23.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.6% 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 Thevenard, 32.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Thevenard, there were 154 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 70 (or 45.5%) were male and 84 (or 54.5%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Thevenard, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,545.

In Thevenard, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $185 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.