South Tamworth

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,692 people in South Tamworth of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 12.3% of the population.

The median age of people in South Tamworth was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.6% of the population.

Of people in South Tamworth aged 15 years and over, 38.4% were married and 15.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Tamworth was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In South Tamworth, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Tamworth was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In South Tamworth 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.7% were in primary school, 18.4% in secondary school and 14.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Tamworth were Australian 39.2%, English 29.9%, Irish 7.6%, Scottish 6.4% and German 3.1%.

In South Tamworth, 87.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 0.9%, New Zealand 0.7%, Philippines 0.6%, Scotland 0.2% and Netherlands 0.2%.

In South Tamworth, 88.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Tamworth were Anglican 36.2%, Catholic 26.0%, No Religion 11.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6% and Uniting Church 4.6%.

In South Tamworth 91.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 0.3%, Cantonese 0.2%, Mandarin 0.2%, Spanish 0.1% and Italian 0.1%.

Employment

There were 2,829 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Tamworth. Of these 56.8% were employed full time, 29.3% were employed part-time and 8.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Tamworth, 11.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Tamworth was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in South Tamworth included Labourers 21.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Sales Workers 11.5%, Professionals 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.5% and Managers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in South Tamworth, the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 6.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%, School Education 4.2%, Hospitals 4.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Tamworth was $453.

In South Tamworth, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.9%, Car, as passenger 9.1%, Walked only 2.9%, Truck 1.5% and Motorbike/scooter 1.0%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Tamworth, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.5% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.0% 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 South Tamworth, 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Tamworth, 32.2% were couple families with children, 38.0% were couple families without children and 27.8% were one parent families.

In South Tamworth 11.0% of single parents were male and 89.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Tamworth, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,760 and those without children was $1,459.

Employment status of couple families

In South Tamworth, of couple families with children, 19.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 17.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Tamworth, 90.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Tamworth, 77.5% were separate houses, 7.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In South Tamworth, of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 22.6% had 2 bedrooms and 52.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Tamworth, 29.7% were owned outright, 24.7% were owned with a mortgage and 39.9% were rented.

Household composition

In South Tamworth, of all households, 60.3% were family households, 36.1% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In South Tamworth, 38.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.4% 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 South Tamworth, 43.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Tamworth, there were 823 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 384 (or 46.7%) were male and 439 (or 53.3%) were female. The median age was 21 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 South Tamworth, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $767.

In South Tamworth, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $205 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,257.