Tumby Bay (DC)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,586 people in Tumby Bay (DC) of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Tumby Bay (DC) was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.0% of the population.

Of people in Tumby Bay (DC) aged 15 years and over, 60.6% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tumby Bay (DC) was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Tumby Bay (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 59.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tumby Bay (DC) was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Tumby Bay (DC) 21.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.8% were in primary school, 23.5% in secondary school and 9.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tumby Bay (DC) were Australian 35.9%, English 33.7%, Scottish 9.1%, German 6.7% and Irish 6.4%.

In Tumby Bay (DC), 91.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, Scotland 0.5%, Netherlands 0.4%, New Zealand 0.4% and Germany 0.3%.

In Tumby Bay (DC), 84.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tumby Bay (DC) were No Religion 27.0%, Uniting Church 21.7%, Anglican 14.1%, Catholic 13.8% and Lutheran 5.4%.

In Tumby Bay (DC) 97.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.3%, Italian 0.3%, Indonesian 0.2%, French 0.2% and Russian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,230 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tumby Bay (DC). Of these 56.8% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tumby Bay (DC), 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tumby Bay (DC) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Tumby Bay (DC) included Managers 34.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.9%, Labourers 11.5%, Professionals 10.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.0% and Sales Workers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Tumby Bay (DC), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 29.3%, School Education 5.5%, Residential Building Construction 3.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0% and Accommodation 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tumby Bay (DC) was $457.

In Tumby Bay (DC), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.8%, Walked only 6.9%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Truck 1.6% and Bicycle 1.5%. On the day, 0.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tumby Bay (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.7% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 39.3% 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 Tumby Bay (DC), 25.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tumby Bay (DC), 36.0% were couple families with children, 53.8% were couple families without children and 9.1% were one parent families.

In Tumby Bay (DC) 27.7% of single parents were male and 72.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tumby Bay (DC), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,606 and those without children was $1,598.

Employment status of couple families

In Tumby Bay (DC), of couple families with children, 18.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 24.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tumby Bay (DC), 70.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tumby Bay (DC), 91.3% were separate houses, 3.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In Tumby Bay (DC), of occupied private dwellings 4.2% had 1 bedroom, 19.7% had 2 bedrooms and 53.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tumby Bay (DC), 47.2% were owned outright, 23.9% were owned with a mortgage and 25.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Tumby Bay (DC), of all households, 66.8% were family households, 31.7% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Tumby Bay (DC), 39.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.1% 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 Tumby Bay (DC), 32.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tumby Bay (DC), there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 36.8%) were male and 12 (or 63.2%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Tumby Bay (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $533.

In Tumby Bay (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $88 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.