Tungkillo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 599 people in Tungkillo of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Tungkillo was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.9% of the population.

Of people in Tungkillo aged 15 years and over, 58.2% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tungkillo was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Tungkillo, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tungkillo was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Tungkillo 28.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.7% were in primary school, 26.5% in secondary school and 9.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tungkillo were English 33.1%, Australian 30.4%, German 10.2%, Scottish 8.6% and Irish 6.3%.

In Tungkillo, 83.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.7%, Netherlands 0.8%, Northern Ireland 0.8%, Wales 0.8% and Germany 0.7%.

In Tungkillo, 73.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tungkillo were No Religion 36.7%, Lutheran 16.1%, Anglican 12.1%, Uniting Church 9.2% and Catholic 7.2%.

In Tungkillo 93.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 0.5%.

Employment

There were 294 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tungkillo. Of these 53.1% were employed full time, 32.3% were employed part-time and 6.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tungkillo, 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.7% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Tungkillo included Managers 22.4%, Labourers 16.6%, Professionals 15.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.2% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Tungkillo, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 14.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6%, Hospitals 3.6%, Residential Care Services 3.6% and Residential Building Construction 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tungkillo was $410.

In Tungkillo, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 63.5%, Car, as passenger 3.2%, Walked only 3.2% and Truck 2.2%. 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 66.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tungkillo, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.1% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.4% 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 Tungkillo, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tungkillo, 42.4% were couple families with children, 44.8% were couple families without children and 10.9% were one parent families.

In Tungkillo 23.5% of single parents were male and 76.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tungkillo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,390 and those without children was $1,474.

Employment status of couple families

In Tungkillo, of couple families with children, 20.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.6% had both employed part-time and 14.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tungkillo, 95.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tungkillo, 98.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Tungkillo, of occupied private dwellings 7.3% had 1 bedroom, 13.8% had 2 bedrooms and 45.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tungkillo, 38.2% were owned outright, 41.4% were owned with a mortgage and 16.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Tungkillo, of all households, 72.7% were family households, 24.1% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Tungkillo, 28.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.7% 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 Tungkillo, 23.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tungkillo, 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 Tungkillo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Tungkillo, 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.