Tura Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,921 people in Tura Beach of these 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Tura Beach was 57 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 35.8% of the population.

Of people in Tura Beach aged 15 years and over, 63.5% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tura Beach was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Tura Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tura Beach was 63 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Tura Beach 19.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.9% were in primary school, 26.1% in secondary school and 12.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tura Beach were English 35.0%, Australian 29.2%, Irish 8.4%, Scottish 7.2% and German 3.3%.

In Tura Beach, 79.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.6%, Netherlands 1.2%, Germany 1.1%, New Zealand 1.1% and Scotland 0.6%.

In Tura Beach, 66.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tura Beach were Anglican 28.9%, Catholic 23.1%, No Religion 22.4%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.7%.

In Tura Beach 93.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.7%, German 0.5%, Hungarian 0.4%, Cantonese 0.4% and Spanish 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,080 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tura Beach. Of these 51.8% were employed full time, 37.1% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tura Beach, 13.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tura Beach was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Tura Beach included Professionals 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.3%, Managers 14.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.5%, Sales Workers 11.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.3%, Labourers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Tura Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%, Dairy Product Manufacturing 3.9% and Clubs (Hospitality) 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tura Beach was $476.

In Tura Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.6%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Walked only 1.5%, Other 1.5% and Bus 0.7%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tura Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.3% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.5% 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 Tura Beach, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tura Beach, 27.1% were couple families with children, 64.3% were couple families without children and 8.0% were one parent families.

In Tura Beach 15.5% of single parents were male and 84.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tura Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,073 and those without children was $1,402.

Employment status of couple families

In Tura Beach, of couple families with children, 11.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 14.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tura Beach, 80.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tura Beach, 81.3% were separate houses, 17.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Tura Beach, of occupied private dwellings 1.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.7% had 2 bedrooms and 57.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tura Beach, 55.8% were owned outright, 24.8% were owned with a mortgage and 16.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Tura Beach, of all households, 75.4% were family households, 23.3% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Tura Beach, 26.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.4% 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 Tura Beach, 45.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tura Beach, there were 35 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 23 (or 65.7%) were male and 12 (or 34.3%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Tura Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Tura Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,827.