Tuross Head

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,149 people in Tuross Head of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Tuross Head was 57 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 33.4% of the population.

Of people in Tuross Head aged 15 years and over, 56.7% were married and 15.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tuross Head was 64 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Tuross Head, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tuross Head was 64 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Tuross Head 19.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.7% were in primary school, 25.5% in secondary school and 15.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tuross Head were English 35.2%, Australian 29.6%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 8.8% and German 3.4%.

In Tuross Head, 80.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.0%, Scotland 1.5%, New Zealand 1.4%, Croatia 0.8% and Germany 0.8%.

In Tuross Head, 68.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tuross Head were Anglican 30.4%, No Religion 24.9%, Catholic 23.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.5% and Uniting Church 4.0%.

In Tuross Head 94.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Croatian 0.8%, Serbian 0.5%, German 0.4%, French 0.4% and Dutch 0.3%.

Employment

There were 727 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tuross Head. Of these 47.3% were employed full time, 40.3% were employed part-time and 7.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tuross Head, 14.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tuross Head was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Tuross Head included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.2%, Professionals 17.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Managers 11.7%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Labourers 9.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Tuross Head, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.3%, Residential Care Services 5.0%, Local Government Administration 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3% and Hospitals 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tuross Head was $405.

In Tuross Head, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.0%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Walked only 3.4%, Truck 0.6% and Other 0.4%. 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 72.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tuross Head, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.2% provided care for children and 14.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.4% 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 Tuross Head, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tuross Head, 20.6% were couple families with children, 64.5% were couple families without children and 14.2% were one parent families.

In Tuross Head 17.9% of single parents were male and 82.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tuross Head, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,612 and those without children was $1,516.

Employment status of couple families

In Tuross Head, of couple families with children, 7.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 13.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tuross Head, 58.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 42.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tuross Head, 94.0% were separate houses, 1.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Tuross Head, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 18.4% had 2 bedrooms and 49.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tuross Head, 55.3% were owned outright, 19.6% were owned with a mortgage and 22.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Tuross Head, of all households, 68.2% were family households, 29.7% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Tuross Head, 40.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% 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 Tuross Head, 50.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tuross Head, there were 42 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 22 (or 52.4%) were male and 20 (or 47.6%) were female. The median age was 11 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 Tuross Head, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $466.

In Tuross Head, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.