Tea Gardens

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,100 people in Tea Gardens of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Tea Gardens was 61 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 40.5% of the population.

Of people in Tea Gardens aged 15 years and over, 62.8% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tea Gardens was 66 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Tea Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tea Gardens was 66 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Tea Gardens 21.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.1% were in primary school, 18.7% in secondary school and 8.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tea Gardens were English 35.9%, Australian 32.3%, Irish 8.8%, Scottish 7.8% and German 2.3%.

In Tea Gardens, 82.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.9%, New Zealand 1.2%, Scotland 0.6%, Germany 0.5% and Netherlands 0.5%.

In Tea Gardens, 71.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tea Gardens were Anglican 40.4%, Catholic 24.5%, No Religion 11.6%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

In Tea Gardens 94.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.4%, German 0.2%, Cantonese 0.2%, French 0.1% and Spanish 0.1%.

Employment

There were 619 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tea Gardens. Of these 50.2% were employed full time, 36.7% were employed part-time and 6.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tea Gardens, 12.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tea Gardens was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Tea Gardens included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.4%, Professionals 14.5%, Labourers 12.9%, Managers 11.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.3%, Sales Workers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Tea Gardens, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.6%, Accommodation 5.1%, School Education 4.7% and Residential Care Services 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tea Gardens was $398.

In Tea Gardens, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.7%, Walked only 7.5%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Truck 1.6% and Bicycle 1.2%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tea Gardens, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.4% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.1% 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 Tea Gardens, 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tea Gardens, 20.5% were couple families with children, 68.3% were couple families without children and 10.8% were one parent families.

In Tea Gardens 16.9% of single parents were male and 83.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tea Gardens, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,762 and those without children was $1,524.

Employment status of couple families

In Tea Gardens, of couple families with children, 7.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 9.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tea Gardens, 78.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tea Gardens, 87.2% were separate houses, 10.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Tea Gardens, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 17.2% had 2 bedrooms and 44.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tea Gardens, 52.7% were owned outright, 16.1% were owned with a mortgage and 22.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Tea Gardens, of all households, 73.2% were family households, 25.7% were single person households and 1.1% were group households.

In Tea Gardens, 38.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.5% 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 Tea Gardens, 52.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tea Gardens, there were 63 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 34 (or 54.0%) were male and 29 (or 46.0%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Tea Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,166.

In Tea Gardens, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $275 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,800.