Tumbi Umbi

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,977 people in Tumbi Umbi of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Tumbi Umbi was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.4% of the population.

Of people in Tumbi Umbi aged 15 years and over, 55.2% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tumbi Umbi was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Tumbi Umbi, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tumbi Umbi was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Tumbi Umbi 31.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.4% were in primary school, 25.1% in secondary school and 14.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tumbi Umbi were Australian 34.2%, English 31.4%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 7.1% and German 2.4%.

In Tumbi Umbi, 81.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.2%, New Zealand 1.7%, Scotland 0.9%, Netherlands 0.5% and Germany 0.4%.

In Tumbi Umbi, 69.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tumbi Umbi were Anglican 29.1%, Catholic 28.8%, No Religion 15.8%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Tumbi Umbi 92.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.4%, Italian 0.4%, German 0.3%, Dutch 0.3% and Spanish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,236 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tumbi Umbi. Of these 56.0% were employed full time, 33.0% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tumbi Umbi, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tumbi Umbi was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Tumbi Umbi included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.2%, Professionals 15.6%, Managers 11.9%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Labourers 9.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Tumbi Umbi, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, School Education 4.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%, Residential Building Construction 2.8% and Public Order and Safety Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tumbi Umbi was $532.

In Tumbi Umbi, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.7%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Train 2.1%, Truck 1.7% and Walked only 1.2%. On the day, 4.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tumbi Umbi, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.6% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.5% 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 Tumbi Umbi, 23.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tumbi Umbi, 44.3% were couple families with children, 38.3% were couple families without children and 16.3% were one parent families.

In Tumbi Umbi 13.8% of single parents were male and 86.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tumbi Umbi, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,330 and those without children was $1,956.

Employment status of couple families

In Tumbi Umbi, of couple families with children, 16.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 25.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tumbi Umbi, 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tumbi Umbi, 87.1% were separate houses, 12.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Tumbi Umbi, of occupied private dwellings 1.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.5% had 2 bedrooms and 33.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tumbi Umbi, 33.7% were owned outright, 40.9% were owned with a mortgage and 18.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Tumbi Umbi, of all households, 78.9% were family households, 19.4% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Tumbi Umbi, 25.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.2% 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 Tumbi Umbi, 35.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tumbi Umbi, there were 158 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 76 (or 48.1%) were male and 82 (or 51.9%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Tumbi Umbi, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,020.

In Tumbi Umbi, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.