Table Top

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,253 people in Table Top of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Table Top was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.5% of the population.

Of people in Table Top aged 15 years and over, 66.2% were married and 5.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Table Top was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Table Top, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Table Top was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Table Top 37.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.8% were in primary school, 33.4% in secondary school and 15.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Table Top were Australian 34.9%, English 31.2%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 7.2% and German 6.1%.

In Table Top, 90.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, South Africa 0.9%, New Zealand 0.7%, Ireland 0.4% and Switzerland 0.4%.

In Table Top, 81.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Table Top were Catholic 32.5%, Anglican 23.4%, No Religion 20.3%, Uniting Church 6.6% and Lutheran 4.2%.

In Table Top 96.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Serbian 0.3%, Afrikaans 0.2%, Danish 0.2% and Portuguese 0.2%.

Employment

There were 693 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Table Top. Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 32.2% were employed part-time and 2.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Table Top, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Table Top was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Table Top included Professionals 21.1%, Managers 17.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.6%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7% and Labourers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Table Top, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.6%, Hospitals 4.1%, Road Freight Transport 3.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.0% and Tertiary Education 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Table Top was $744.

In Table Top, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.9%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Truck 2.8%, Walked only 1.9% and Motorbike/scooter 1.2%. 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 76.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Table Top, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.1% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.1% 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 Table Top, 30.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Table Top, 62.0% were couple families with children, 32.5% were couple families without children and 5.5% were one parent families.

In Table Top 29.4% of single parents were male and 70.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Table Top, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,314 and those without children was $2,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Table Top, of couple families with children, 27.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 29.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Table Top, 94.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Table Top, 99.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Table Top, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 4.5% had 2 bedrooms and 28.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Table Top, 35.9% were owned outright, 56.4% were owned with a mortgage and 5.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Table Top, of all households, 91.2% were family households, 8.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Table Top, 10.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.7% 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 Table Top, 10.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Table Top, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 55.6%) were male and 4 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 61 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 Table Top, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $625.

In Table Top, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.