Tambar Springs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 540 people in Tambar Springs of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Tambar Springs was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.1% of the population.

Of people in Tambar Springs aged 15 years and over, 51.8% were married and 14.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tambar Springs was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Tambar Springs, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tambar Springs was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 54 years.

In Tambar Springs 26.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.9% were in primary school, 28.5% in secondary school and 12.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tambar Springs were Australian 35.4%, English 32.0%, Scottish 11.0%, Irish 9.0% and German 3.5%.

In Tambar Springs, 91.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.8%, New Zealand 1.8%, Scotland 0.7%, Ireland 0.6% and United States of America 0.6%.

In Tambar Springs, 85.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tambar Springs were Anglican 39.3%, Catholic 21.0%, No Religion 16.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 7.6% and Uniting Church 4.6%.

In Tambar Springs 96.9% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 268 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tambar Springs. Of these 61.2% were employed full time, 26.1% were employed part-time and 8.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tambar Springs, 6.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 62.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tambar Springs was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Tambar Springs included Managers 49.8%, Labourers 14.6%, Professionals 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.9% and Sales Workers 1.6%.

Of the employed people in Tambar Springs, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 47.8%, School Education 6.1%, Local Government Administration 3.3%, Residential Care Services 3.3% and Other Crop Growing 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tambar Springs was $405.

In Tambar Springs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 43.3%, Walked only 16.2%, Other 2.8%, Car, as passenger 2.4% and Bus 1.6%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 45.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tambar Springs, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.3% provided care for children and 14.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.8% 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 Tambar Springs, 22.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tambar Springs, 43.1% were couple families with children, 38.9% were couple families without children and 16.0% were one parent families.

In Tambar Springs 29.6% of single parents were male and 70.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tambar Springs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,208 and those without children was $1,156.

Employment status of couple families

In Tambar Springs, of couple families with children, 21.2% had both partners employed full-time, 7.6% had both employed part-time and 28.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tambar Springs, 87.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tambar Springs, 96.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.1% were other dwellings.

In Tambar Springs, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 18.4% had 2 bedrooms and 38.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tambar Springs, 47.4% were owned outright, 22.2% were owned with a mortgage and 28.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Tambar Springs, of all households, 72.3% were family households, 25.6% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Tambar Springs, 40.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.6% 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 Tambar Springs, 27.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tambar Springs, there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 42.9%) were male and 12 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Tambar Springs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $633.

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