Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,499 people in Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest was 59 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 37.6% of the population.

Of people in Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest aged 15 years and over, 60.0% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest was 65 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest was 65 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest 21.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.6% were in primary school, 18.9% in secondary school and 10.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest were English 35.3%, Australian 30.0%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 8.1% and German 2.6%.

In Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest, 80.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.4%, New Zealand 1.6%, Germany 0.9%, Scotland 0.6% and South Africa 0.6%.

In Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest, 71.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest were Anglican 37.3%, Catholic 22.5%, No Religion 14.7%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest 92.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.4%, Cantonese 0.2%, Dutch 0.2%, Greek 0.2% and Arabic 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,417 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest. Of these 48.9% were employed full time, 37.3% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest, 16.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.2%, Professionals 14.9%, Labourers 13.9%, Managers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.8%, Sales Workers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, Residential Care Services 3.9%, School Education 3.7%, Accommodation 3.6% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest was $421.

In Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.8%, Walked only 6.4%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Truck 1.4% and Bicycle 1.1%. On the day, 1.4% 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 Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.7% provided care for children and 14.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.9% 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 Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest, 24.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest, 21.2% were couple families with children, 65.9% were couple families without children and 12.3% were one parent families.

In Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest 20.7% of single parents were male and 79.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,763 and those without children was $1,403.

Employment status of couple families

In Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest, of couple families with children, 7.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 10.8% 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 - Hawks Nest, 56.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 43.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest, 87.1% were separate houses, 8.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.2% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 20.2% had 2 bedrooms and 44.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest, 51.5% were owned outright, 17.3% were owned with a mortgage and 24.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest, of all households, 70.5% were family households, 27.8% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest, 37.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.6% 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 - Hawks Nest, 47.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest, there were 152 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 86 (or 56.6%) were male and 66 (or 43.4%) were female. The median age was 24 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 - Hawks Nest, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $755.

In Tea Gardens - Hawks Nest, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $245 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,800.