Central Tilba

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 391 people in Central Tilba of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Central Tilba was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.5% of the population.

Of people in Central Tilba aged 15 years and over, 49.7% were married and 20.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Central Tilba was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Central Tilba, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Central Tilba was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 54 years.

In Central Tilba 24.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.9% were in primary school, 28.1% in secondary school and 6.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Central Tilba were English 35.9%, Australian 27.4%, Scottish 13.1%, Irish 10.4% and German 4.0%.

In Central Tilba, 82.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.1%, Germany 1.3%, Italy 0.8%, Northern Ireland 0.8% and Scotland 0.8%.

In Central Tilba, 73.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Central Tilba were No Religion 36.7%, Anglican 18.4%, Catholic 15.3%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Baptist 2.0%.

In Central Tilba 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 198 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Central Tilba. Of these 44.4% were employed full time, 43.9% were employed part-time and 2.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Central Tilba, 19.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Central Tilba was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Central Tilba included Managers 28.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Professionals 14.6%, Labourers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.8%, Sales Workers 6.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Central Tilba, the most common responses for industry of employment included Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 7.3%, Accommodation 7.3%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 6.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Central Tilba was $394.

In Central Tilba, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 44.7%, Walked only 5.3%, Car, as passenger 3.7% and Truck 2.1%. 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 50.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Central Tilba, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.6% provided care for children and 16.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 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 Central Tilba, 28.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Central Tilba, 33.0% were couple families with children, 58.3% were couple families without children and 8.7% were one parent families.

In Central Tilba 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Central Tilba, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,291 and those without children was $1,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Central Tilba, of couple families with children, 15.4% had both partners employed full-time, 14.4% had both employed part-time and 15.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Central Tilba, 74.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Central Tilba, 93.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.2% were other dwellings.

In Central Tilba, of occupied private dwellings 11.0% had 1 bedroom, 22.0% had 2 bedrooms and 43.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Central Tilba, 55.3% were owned outright, 25.5% were owned with a mortgage and 16.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Central Tilba, of all households, 69.4% were family households, 30.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Central Tilba, 30.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Central Tilba, 31.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Central Tilba, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Central Tilba, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Central Tilba, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $384 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,250.