Torrens Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,559 people in Torrens Park of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Torrens Park was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.9% of the population.

Of people in Torrens Park aged 15 years and over, 48.3% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Torrens Park was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Torrens Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Torrens Park was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Torrens Park 34.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.1% were in primary school, 30.6% in secondary school and 28.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Torrens Park were English 30.5%, Australian 26.1%, Scottish 9.3%, Irish 7.4% and German 5.2%.

In Torrens Park, 76.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.8%, New Zealand 1.5%, India 1.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.0% and South Africa 0.9%.

In Torrens Park, 58.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Torrens Park were No Religion 31.0%, Catholic 17.3%, Anglican 17.2%, Uniting Church 9.2% and Eastern Orthodox 3.6%.

In Torrens Park 86.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 2.1%, Italian 1.0%, Cantonese 0.9%, Mandarin 0.7% and Korean 0.7%.

Employment

There were 1,342 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Torrens Park. Of these 56.9% were employed full time, 33.8% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Torrens Park, 15.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Torrens Park was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Torrens Park included Professionals 37.0%, Managers 16.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Sales Workers 8.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.2%, Labourers 4.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.5%.

Of the employed people in Torrens Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.9%, Hospitals 5.2%, Tertiary Education 4.1%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.9% and State Government Administration 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Torrens Park was $701.

In Torrens Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.7%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Bus 3.6%, Train 3.4% and Walked only 3.0%. On the day, 8.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Torrens Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.1% provided care for children and 14.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.5% 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 Torrens Park, 29.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Torrens Park, 43.6% were couple families with children, 39.7% were couple families without children and 14.5% were one parent families.

In Torrens Park 19.4% of single parents were male and 80.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Torrens Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,113 and those without children was $2,301.

Employment status of couple families

In Torrens Park, of couple families with children, 22.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 22.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Torrens Park, 92.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Torrens Park, 73.9% were separate houses, 11.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Torrens Park, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 27.3% had 2 bedrooms and 41.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Torrens Park, 39.1% were owned outright, 36.7% were owned with a mortgage and 20.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Torrens Park, of all households, 69.1% were family households, 27.6% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Torrens Park, 17.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.5% 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 Torrens Park, 35.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Torrens Park, there were 23 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 30.4%) were male and 16 (or 69.6%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Torrens Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.

In Torrens Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $288 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.