Gladstone - Tannum Sands

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 41,966 people in Gladstone - Tannum Sands of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Gladstone - Tannum Sands was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.2% of the population.

Of people in Gladstone - Tannum Sands aged 15 years and over, 49.8% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gladstone - Tannum Sands was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Gladstone - Tannum Sands, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gladstone - Tannum Sands was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Gladstone - Tannum Sands 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.6% were in primary school, 19.6% in secondary school and 12.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gladstone - Tannum Sands were Australian 32.5%, English 27.9%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 7.0% and German 4.8%.

In Gladstone - Tannum Sands, 78.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.6%, England 2.4%, South Africa 1.2%, Philippines 0.9% and India 0.5%.

In Gladstone - Tannum Sands, 72.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gladstone - Tannum Sands were No Religion 23.9%, Catholic 22.3%, Anglican 19.3%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Gladstone - Tannum Sands 87.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.6%, Tagalog 0.5%, Filipino 0.3%, German 0.2% and Spanish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 21,966 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gladstone - Tannum Sands. Of these 67.3% were employed full time, 22.1% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gladstone - Tannum Sands, 8.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gladstone - Tannum Sands was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Gladstone - Tannum Sands included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.9%, Professionals 13.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.8%, Labourers 12.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Sales Workers 8.4%, Managers 8.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Gladstone - Tannum Sands, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 11.3%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 6.0%, School Education 5.0%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.4% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gladstone - Tannum Sands was $751.

In Gladstone - Tannum Sands, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.9%, Car, as passenger 7.6%, Walked only 2.5%, Motorbike/scooter 1.8% and Bus 1.8%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gladstone - Tannum Sands, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.1% provided care for children and 8.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.0% 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 Gladstone - Tannum Sands, 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gladstone - Tannum Sands, 49.1% were couple families with children, 36.1% were couple families without children and 13.5% were one parent families.

In Gladstone - Tannum Sands 23.2% of single parents were male and 76.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gladstone - Tannum Sands, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,738 and those without children was $2,427.

Employment status of couple families

In Gladstone - Tannum Sands, of couple families with children, 25.6% had both partners employed full-time, 1.6% had both employed part-time and 23.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gladstone - Tannum Sands, 90.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gladstone - Tannum Sands, 86.3% were separate houses, 4.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

In Gladstone - Tannum Sands, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 11.8% had 2 bedrooms and 46.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gladstone - Tannum Sands, 23.2% were owned outright, 39.9% were owned with a mortgage and 34.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Gladstone - Tannum Sands, of all households, 76.4% were family households, 19.8% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Gladstone - Tannum Sands, 15.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.4% 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 Gladstone - Tannum Sands, 29.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gladstone - Tannum Sands, there were 1,591 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 781 (or 49.1%) were male and 810 (or 50.9%) 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 Gladstone - Tannum Sands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Gladstone - Tannum Sands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.