Travellers Rest

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 244 people in Travellers Rest of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Travellers Rest was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.5% of the population.

Of people in Travellers Rest aged 15 years and over, 62.9% were married and 5.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Travellers Rest was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Travellers Rest, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.7% 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 Travellers Rest was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Travellers Rest 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.6% were in primary school, 22.4% in secondary school and 23.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Travellers Rest were English 37.7%, Australian 28.7%, Scottish 7.8%, Irish 6.7% and Dutch 3.5%.

In Travellers Rest, 90.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.7%, Hungary 1.6%, Scotland 1.6% and Slovenia 1.6%.

In Travellers Rest, 76.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Travellers Rest were Anglican 32.2%, No Religion 31.4%, Catholic 15.9%, Christian, nfd 6.1% and Uniting Church 4.9%.

In Travellers Rest 95.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Hungarian 1.2%.

Employment

There were 154 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Travellers Rest. Of these 63.0% were employed full time, 29.2% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Travellers Rest, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Travellers Rest was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Travellers Rest included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.7%, Professionals 20.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.7%, Managers 11.3%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.3% and Labourers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Travellers Rest, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.7%, Residential Building Construction 6.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.3%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 4.7% and Depository Financial Intermediation 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Travellers Rest was $809.

In Travellers Rest, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.7%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Truck 4.7%, Car as driver, car as passenger 2.0% and Walked only 2.0%. 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 75.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Travellers Rest, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.8% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.9% 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 Travellers Rest, 32.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Travellers Rest, 59.5% were couple families with children, 29.1% were couple families without children and 11.4% were one parent families.

In Travellers Rest 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Travellers Rest, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,187 and those without children was $1,812.

Employment status of couple families

In Travellers Rest, of couple families with children, 24.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 36.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Travellers Rest, 95.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Travellers Rest, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Travellers Rest, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 5.0% had 2 bedrooms and 46.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Travellers Rest, 33.8% were owned outright, 61.2% were owned with a mortgage and 5.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Travellers Rest, of all households, 88.8% were family households, 6.2% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

In Travellers Rest, 4.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.3% 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 Travellers Rest, 21.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 47.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Travellers Rest, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 42 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 Travellers Rest, 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 $1,750.

In Travellers Rest, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,900.