Tulka

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 171 people in Tulka of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Tulka was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.8% of the population.

Of people in Tulka aged 15 years and over, 48.6% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tulka was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Tulka, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tulka was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Tulka 23.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 53.7% were in primary school, 29.3% in secondary school and 9.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tulka were English 35.3%, Australian 22.5%, Irish 14.5%, Scottish 8.0% and German 4.8%.

In Tulka, 90.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.3%, England 1.7%, Germany 1.7%, Papua New Guinea 1.7% and South Africa 1.7%.

In Tulka, 79.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tulka were No Religion 38.0%, Anglican 21.1%, Catholic 19.9%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Baha'i 1.8%.

In Tulka 98.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 1.7%.

Employment

There were 98 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tulka. Of these 48.0% were employed full time, 33.7% were employed part-time and 10.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tulka, 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tulka was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Tulka included Managers 18.7%, Professionals 14.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.2%, Labourers 13.2%, Sales Workers 12.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Tulka, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.1%, School Education 10.0%, Agricultural Product Wholesaling 5.6%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 5.6% and Accommodation 5.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tulka was $633.

In Tulka, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.7%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Taxi 3.2%, Truck 3.2% and Other 3.2%. 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 74.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tulka, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.8% provided care for children and 17.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.7% 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 Tulka, 29.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tulka, 45.2% were couple families with children, 40.5% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Tulka 44.4% of single parents were male and 55.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tulka, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,291 and those without children was $2,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Tulka, of couple families with children, 17.1% had both partners employed full-time, 14.6% had both employed part-time and 19.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tulka, 88.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tulka, 89.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 10.3% were other dwellings.

In Tulka, of occupied private dwellings 8.9% had 1 bedroom, 29.1% had 2 bedrooms and 50.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tulka, 38.5% were owned outright, 33.3% were owned with a mortgage and 23.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Tulka, of all households, 59.2% were family households, 32.9% were single person households and 7.9% were group households.

In Tulka, 33.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.8% 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 Tulka, 34.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tulka, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 62.5%) were male and 3 (or 37.5%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Tulka, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Tulka, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.