Triabunna

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 895 people in Triabunna of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Triabunna was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.5% of the population.

Of people in Triabunna aged 15 years and over, 52.1% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Triabunna was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Triabunna, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Triabunna was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Triabunna 25.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.5% were in primary school, 20.9% in secondary school and 6.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Triabunna were English 40.5%, Australian 37.0%, Irish 6.2%, Scottish 4.3% and German 2.4%.

In Triabunna, 87.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, New Zealand 1.2%, Philippines 0.4%, Austria 0.3% and Germany 0.3%.

In Triabunna, 86.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Triabunna were Anglican 50.2%, No Religion 17.4%, Catholic 15.0%, Uniting Church 4.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.0%.

In Triabunna 94.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.1% and Tagalog 0.4%.

Employment

There were 324 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Triabunna. Of these 44.1% were employed full time, 34.3% were employed part-time and 13.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Triabunna, 15.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Triabunna was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Triabunna included Labourers 22.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.1%, Managers 14.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.4%, Professionals 6.3% and Sales Workers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Triabunna, the most common responses for industry of employment included Aquaculture 9.5%, Accommodation 7.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.6%, Local Government Administration 4.2% and School Education 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Triabunna was $370.

In Triabunna, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.1%, Car, as passenger 8.1%, Walked only 7.4%, Other 3.9% and Truck 1.8%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Triabunna, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.5% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.2% 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 Triabunna, 21.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Triabunna, 35.7% were couple families with children, 47.0% were couple families without children and 15.3% were one parent families.

In Triabunna 10.3% of single parents were male and 89.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Triabunna, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,520 and those without children was $1,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Triabunna, of couple families with children, 4.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 13.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Triabunna, 75.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Triabunna, 93.6% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.6% were flats, units or apartments and 2.0% were other dwellings.

In Triabunna, of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 17.1% had 2 bedrooms and 62.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Triabunna, 45.9% were owned outright, 24.1% were owned with a mortgage and 26.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Triabunna, of all households, 68.6% were family households, 29.4% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Triabunna, 41.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.3% 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 Triabunna, 32.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Triabunna, there were 61 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 38 (or 62.3%) were male and 23 (or 37.7%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Triabunna, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,031.

In Triabunna, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,156.