Tanilba Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,921 people in Tanilba Bay of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Tanilba Bay was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.9% of the population.

Of people in Tanilba Bay aged 15 years and over, 52.4% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tanilba Bay was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Tanilba Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tanilba Bay was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Tanilba Bay 27.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.0% were in primary school, 21.4% in secondary school and 15.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tanilba Bay were English 34.3%, Australian 33.9%, Scottish 8.0%, Irish 7.7% and German 2.8%.

In Tanilba Bay, 84.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, New Zealand 1.3%, Scotland 0.8%, Philippines 0.5% and Netherlands 0.5%.

In Tanilba Bay, 73.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tanilba Bay were Anglican 30.7%, Catholic 21.8%, No Religion 19.8%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.7%.

In Tanilba Bay 94.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.3%, Dutch 0.2%, Polish 0.2%, Spanish 0.2% and Filipino 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,088 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tanilba Bay. Of these 56.8% were employed full time, 29.2% were employed part-time and 7.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tanilba Bay, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tanilba Bay was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Tanilba Bay included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.0%, Labourers 13.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Professionals 11.8%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.5% and Managers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Tanilba Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 6.9%, Residential Care Services 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2% and School Education 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tanilba Bay was $430.

In Tanilba Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.5%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Walked only 2.7%, Truck 0.9% and Motorbike/scooter 0.8%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tanilba Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.0% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.7% 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 Tanilba Bay, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tanilba Bay, 38.0% were couple families with children, 44.4% were couple families without children and 16.2% were one parent families.

In Tanilba Bay 13.9% of single parents were male and 86.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tanilba Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,045 and those without children was $1,901.

Employment status of couple families

In Tanilba Bay, of couple families with children, 12.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% 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 Tanilba Bay, 87.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tanilba Bay, 93.0% were separate houses, 6.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Tanilba Bay, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 11.9% had 2 bedrooms and 49.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tanilba Bay, 41.0% were owned outright, 29.0% were owned with a mortgage and 26.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Tanilba Bay, of all households, 70.3% were family households, 27.3% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Tanilba Bay, 34.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Tanilba Bay, 43.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tanilba Bay, there were 117 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 49 (or 41.9%) were male and 68 (or 58.1%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Tanilba Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $844.

In Tanilba Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.