Tindal

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 742 people in Tindal of these 56.1% were male and 43.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Tindal was 25 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 32.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 0.0% of the population.

Of people in Tindal aged 15 years and over, 60.2% were married and 3.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tindal was 36 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Tindal, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tindal was 35 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Tindal 34.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.3% were in primary school, 8.1% in secondary school and 17.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tindal were Australian 37.1%, English 27.9%, Irish 8.4%, Scottish 6.6% and German 4.8%.

In Tindal, 84.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.0%, New Zealand 1.7%, Singapore 0.5%, Canada 0.4% and Croatia 0.4%.

In Tindal, 74.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tindal were No Religion 27.6%, Catholic 24.4%, Anglican 19.8%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Baptist 3.8%.

In Tindal 88.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.7%, German 0.5%, Tagalog 0.5%, Cantonese 0.5% and Bilinarra 0.4%.

Employment

There were 416 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tindal. Of these 68.8% were employed full time, 17.1% were employed part-time and 1.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tindal, 3.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tindal was 30 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Tindal included Technicians and Trades Workers 30.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 20.5%, Professionals 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.3%, Labourers 6.1%, Managers 5.4% and Sales Workers 1.5%.

Of the employed people in Tindal, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 72.4%, School Education 5.4%, Child Care Services 3.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.0% and Hospitals 2.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tindal was $1,134.

In Tindal, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.4%, Bicycle 15.1%, Walked only 8.3%, Car, as passenger 3.7% and Motorbike/scooter 1.7%. 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 60.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tindal, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.4% provided care for children and 6.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.9% 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 Tindal, 29.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tindal, 73.2% were couple families with children, 24.8% were couple families without children and 2.0% were one parent families.

In Tindal 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tindal, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $3,111.

Employment status of couple families

In Tindal, of couple families with children, 31.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.1% had both employed part-time and 17.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tindal, 84.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tindal, 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 Tindal, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 78.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 3.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tindal, 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 98.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Tindal, of all households, 96.7% were family households, 3.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Tindal, 0.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.1% 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 Tindal, 23.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 63.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tindal, there were 27 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 55.6%) were male and 12 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Tindal, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Tindal, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $205 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.