Tharbogang

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 676 people in Tharbogang of these 54.9% were male and 45.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Tharbogang was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.9% of the population.

Of people in Tharbogang aged 15 years and over, 54.6% were married and 8.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tharbogang was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Tharbogang, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tharbogang was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Tharbogang 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.2% were in primary school, 22.3% in secondary school and 14.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tharbogang were Italian 33.0%, Australian 23.9%, English 21.1%, Scottish 6.1% and Irish 4.6%.

In Tharbogang, 82.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 5.6%, India 0.9%, England 0.4%, Germany 0.4% and Iraq 0.4%.

In Tharbogang, 64.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tharbogang were Catholic 57.5%, Anglican 16.4%, No Religion 9.2%, Uniting Church 4.3% and Christian, nfd 1.5%.

In Tharbogang 77.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 14.1%, Punjabi 1.8%, Auslan 0.6%, Dutch 0.4% and Hindi 0.4%.

Employment

There were 358 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tharbogang. Of these 64.0% were employed full time, 22.6% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tharbogang, 8.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tharbogang was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Tharbogang included Managers 32.9%, Labourers 15.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.7%, Professionals 9.4%, Sales Workers 8.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Tharbogang, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 16.0%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 14.2%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.3%, Beverage Manufacturing 3.3% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tharbogang was $496.

In Tharbogang, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.2%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Walked only 5.0%, Other 2.4% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tharbogang, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.1% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.8% 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 Tharbogang, 19.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tharbogang, 50.6% were couple families with children, 38.9% were couple families without children and 10.6% were one parent families.

In Tharbogang 57.1% of single parents were male and 42.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tharbogang, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,968 and those without children was $1,562.

Employment status of couple families

In Tharbogang, of couple families with children, 26.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 19.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tharbogang, 86.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tharbogang, 96.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.0% were other dwellings.

In Tharbogang, of occupied private dwellings 5.5% had 1 bedroom, 9.5% had 2 bedrooms and 43.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tharbogang, 37.4% were owned outright, 29.3% were owned with a mortgage and 28.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Tharbogang, of all households, 81.4% were family households, 17.3% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Tharbogang, 24.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.5% 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 Tharbogang, 18.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tharbogang, there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 50.0%) were male and 15 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Tharbogang, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,458.

In Tharbogang, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,113.