Tammin (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 404 people in Tammin (S) of these 57.4% were male and 42.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 11.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Tammin (S) was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.4% of the population.

Of people in Tammin (S) aged 15 years and over, 56.1% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tammin (S) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Tammin (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 55.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tammin (S) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Tammin (S) 31.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 49.2% were in primary school, 6.5% in secondary school and 5.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tammin (S) were Australian 37.2%, English 34.2%, Scottish 5.9%, Irish 5.5% and Italian 3.4%.

In Tammin (S), 83.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.2%, New Zealand 2.5%, South Africa 2.0%, Portugal 1.0% and Hungary 0.7%.

In Tammin (S), 73.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tammin (S) were Anglican 28.2%, Catholic 26.2%, No Religion 14.4%, Uniting Church 12.1% and Other Protestant 1.2%.

In Tammin (S) 92.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 1.2%, Italian 0.7% and Nyungar 0.7%.

Employment

There were 179 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tammin (S). Of these 55.3% were employed full time, 31.3% were employed part-time and 7.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tammin (S), 9.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tammin (S) was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Tammin (S) included Managers 45.2%, Labourers 18.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.7%, Professionals 6.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.4%, Sales Workers 5.4% and Technicians and Trades Workers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Tammin (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 46.1%, School Education 6.0%, Local Government Administration 2.4%, Adult, Community and Other Education 2.4% and Metal Ore Mining 1.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tammin (S) was $434.

In Tammin (S), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 39.5%, Walked only 16.2%, Other 8.4%, Car, as passenger 3.6% and Truck 1.8%. 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 44.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tammin (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 68.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 39.8% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.4% 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 Tammin (S), 24.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tammin (S), 46.2% were couple families with children, 40.6% were couple families without children and 10.4% were one parent families.

In Tammin (S) 53.3% of single parents were male and 46.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tammin (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,333 and those without children was $1,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Tammin (S), of couple families with children, 17.0% had both partners employed full-time, 9.1% had both employed part-time and 21.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tammin (S), 81.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tammin (S), 96.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.0% were other dwellings.

In Tammin (S), of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 16.7% had 2 bedrooms and 40.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tammin (S), 47.3% were owned outright, 20.0% were owned with a mortgage and 26.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Tammin (S), of all households, 68.5% were family households, 29.5% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Tammin (S), 32.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% 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 Tammin (S), 31.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tammin (S), there were 48 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 23 (or 47.9%) were male and 25 (or 52.1%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Tammin (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.7, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Tammin (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $250.