Tregear

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,916 people in Tregear of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Tregear was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in Tregear aged 15 years and over, 33.7% were married and 14.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tregear was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Tregear, of people aged 15 years and over, 33.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tregear was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Tregear 35.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.8% were in primary school, 22.9% in secondary school and 8.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tregear were Australian 29.0%, English 22.5%, Samoan 5.9%, Irish 4.4% and Scottish 4.1%.

In Tregear, 70.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.7%, Samoa 2.9%, England 2.3%, Tonga 1.4% and Lebanon 0.7%.

In Tregear, 53.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tregear were Catholic 26.8%, Anglican 21.4%, No Religion 14.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4% and Uniting Church 4.2%.

In Tregear 75.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 6.2%, Tongan 2.6%, Arabic 2.1%, Greek 0.7% and Hindi 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,240 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tregear. Of these 51.3% were employed full time, 22.8% were employed part-time and 16.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tregear, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tregear was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Tregear included Machinery Operators And Drivers 22.7%, Labourers 17.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Professionals 5.9% and Managers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Tregear, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%, Hospitals 3.0% and Residential Care Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tregear was $363.

In Tregear, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.3%, Car, as passenger 8.5%, Train 4.8%, Train, bus 4.1% and Bus 2.9%. On the day, 15.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tregear, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.3% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.2% 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 Tregear, 17.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tregear, 35.2% were couple families with children, 21.9% were couple families without children and 40.8% were one parent families.

In Tregear 13.0% of single parents were male and 87.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tregear, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,852 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Tregear, of couple families with children, 11.2% had both partners employed full-time, 1.6% had both employed part-time and 10.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tregear, 94.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tregear, 88.9% were separate houses, 2.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Tregear, of occupied private dwellings 6.0% had 1 bedroom, 4.6% had 2 bedrooms and 54.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tregear, 17.1% were owned outright, 19.7% were owned with a mortgage and 58.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Tregear, of all households, 74.9% were family households, 22.9% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Tregear, 37.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.6% 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 Tregear, 41.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tregear, there were 402 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 188 (or 46.8%) were male and 214 (or 53.2%) 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 Tregear, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $718.

In Tregear, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.