Taren Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,681 people in Taren Point of these 45.6% were male and 54.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Taren Point was 58 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 42.8% of the population.

Of people in Taren Point aged 15 years and over, 56.9% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Taren Point was 65 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Taren Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Taren Point was 64 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Taren Point 21.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.0% were in primary school, 22.4% in secondary school and 19.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Taren Point were English 26.4%, Australian 22.0%, Greek 8.9%, Irish 7.6% and Scottish 6.6%.

In Taren Point, 73.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, Greece 2.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.4%, Egypt 1.3% and Italy 1.2%.

In Taren Point, 52.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Taren Point were Anglican 30.6%, Catholic 22.7%, Eastern Orthodox 14.2%, No Religion 9.9% and Uniting Church 3.5%.

In Taren Point 74.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 8.6%, Cantonese 1.8%, Arabic 1.7%, Italian 1.6% and Mandarin 1.4%.

Employment

There were 646 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Taren Point. Of these 59.8% were employed full time, 30.0% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Taren Point, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Taren Point was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Taren Point included Professionals 22.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.7%, Managers 17.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.9%, Sales Workers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Labourers 4.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Taren Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 3.9%, Residential Building Construction 3.4%, Air and Space Transport 3.4%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.1% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Taren Point was $576.

In Taren Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.5%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Train, car as driver 3.9%, Train 3.2% and Walked only 1.8%. On the day, 9.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Taren Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.6% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.0% 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 Taren Point, 22.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Taren Point, 37.5% were couple families with children, 52.4% were couple families without children and 8.8% were one parent families.

In Taren Point 14.6% of single parents were male and 85.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Taren Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,028 and those without children was $2,392.

Employment status of couple families

In Taren Point, of couple families with children, 17.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 14.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Taren Point, 93.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Taren Point, 53.0% were separate houses, 15.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 30.3% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

In Taren Point, of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 21.9% had 2 bedrooms and 45.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Taren Point, 60.2% were owned outright, 22.6% were owned with a mortgage and 9.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Taren Point, of all households, 70.6% were family households, 27.6% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Taren Point, 22.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.3% 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 Taren Point, 39.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Taren Point, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 40.0%) were male and 6 (or 60.0%) were female. The median age was 2 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 Taren Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Taren Point, 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.