Tumby Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,827 people in Tumby Bay of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Tumby Bay was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 28.2% of the population.

Of people in Tumby Bay aged 15 years and over, 59.3% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tumby Bay was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Tumby Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.0% 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 Tumby Bay was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Tumby Bay 21.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.6% were in primary school, 21.5% in secondary school and 8.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tumby Bay were English 34.7%, Australian 34.4%, Scottish 9.3%, German 6.8% and Irish 6.2%.

In Tumby Bay, 91.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, Scotland 0.6%, Germany 0.4%, Netherlands 0.4% and Italy 0.2%.

In Tumby Bay, 83.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tumby Bay were No Religion 28.1%, Uniting Church 22.2%, Anglican 15.1%, Catholic 13.6% and Lutheran 4.4%.

In Tumby Bay 97.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 0.4% and Dutch 0.4%.

Employment

There were 801 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tumby Bay. Of these 54.9% were employed full time, 34.2% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tumby Bay, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tumby Bay was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Tumby Bay included Managers 25.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.7%, Labourers 12.8%, Professionals 11.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 8.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in Tumby Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 18.1%, School Education 5.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3%, Accommodation 3.6% and Residential Building Construction 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tumby Bay was $452.

In Tumby Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.5%, Walked only 7.1%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Bicycle 2.3% and Truck 1.6%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tumby Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.2% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.0% 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 Tumby Bay, 25.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tumby Bay, 32.9% were couple families with children, 56.3% were couple families without children and 9.8% were one parent families.

In Tumby Bay 22.0% of single parents were male and 78.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tumby Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,774 and those without children was $1,449.

Employment status of couple families

In Tumby Bay, of couple families with children, 14.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 24.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tumby Bay, 78.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tumby Bay, 88.3% were separate houses, 4.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Tumby Bay, of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 21.0% had 2 bedrooms and 53.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tumby Bay, 43.8% were owned outright, 25.7% were owned with a mortgage and 25.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Tumby Bay, of all households, 65.0% were family households, 34.3% were single person households and 0.8% were group households.

In Tumby Bay, 41.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Tumby Bay, 35.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tumby Bay, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 53.8%) were male and 6 (or 46.2%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Tumby Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Tumby Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $88 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.