Theresa Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 551 people in Theresa Park of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Theresa Park was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in Theresa Park aged 15 years and over, 59.7% were married and 4.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Theresa Park was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Theresa Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Theresa Park was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Theresa Park 30.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.3% were in primary school, 26.5% in secondary school and 19.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Theresa Park were Australian 28.8%, English 27.4%, Maltese 8.8%, Irish 7.0% and Scottish 6.7%.

In Theresa Park, 78.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, Malta 2.2%, Italy 1.5%, Scotland 1.3% and New Zealand 0.9%.

In Theresa Park, 59.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Theresa Park were Catholic 41.7%, Anglican 28.0%, No Religion 10.2%, Uniting Church 3.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Theresa Park 87.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maltese 3.6%, Italian 1.6%, Swedish 0.5%, French 0.5% and Russian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 295 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Theresa Park. Of these 62.0% were employed full time, 27.8% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Theresa Park, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Theresa Park was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The most common occupations in Theresa Park included Managers 21.6%, Professionals 16.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Sales Workers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.0% and Labourers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Theresa Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 7.0%, School Education 4.9%, Tertiary Education 4.5%, Building Installation Services 3.8% and Personal Care Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Theresa Park was $604.

In Theresa Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.2%, Truck 5.9%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Walked only 3.5% and Train 1.4%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Theresa Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.0% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.6% 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 Theresa Park, 25.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Theresa Park, 54.6% were couple families with children, 35.5% were couple families without children and 7.9% were one parent families.

In Theresa Park 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Theresa Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,281 and those without children was $2,722.

Employment status of couple families

In Theresa Park, of couple families with children, 22.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.1% had both employed part-time and 30.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Theresa Park, 87.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Theresa Park, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Theresa Park, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 12.4% had 2 bedrooms and 23.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Theresa Park, 43.2% were owned outright, 37.7% were owned with a mortgage and 14.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Theresa Park, of all households, 88.8% were family households, 9.3% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Theresa Park, 12.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.2% 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 Theresa Park, 14.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 47.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Theresa Park, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 42.9%) were male and 4 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 47 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 Theresa Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Theresa Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $4,000.