Turvey Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,549 people in Turvey Park of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Turvey Park was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.6% of the population.

Of people in Turvey Park aged 15 years and over, 44.8% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Turvey Park was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Turvey Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Turvey Park was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Turvey Park 35.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.1% were in primary school, 26.5% in secondary school and 29.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Turvey Park were Australian 32.4%, English 28.8%, Irish 12.6%, Scottish 8.1% and German 3.8%.

In Turvey Park, 88.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.6%, India 0.5%, Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 0.5%, New Zealand 0.4% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.3%.

In Turvey Park, 81.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Turvey Park were Catholic 37.8%, Anglican 20.5%, No Religion 15.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.8% and Uniting Church 5.4%.

In Turvey Park 92.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 0.4%, Arabic 0.3%, Swahili 0.3%, Gujarati 0.2% and Burmese 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,881 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Turvey Park. Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 30.9% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Turvey Park, 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Turvey Park was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Turvey Park included Professionals 25.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.6%, Sales Workers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Managers 9.0%, Labourers 8.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Turvey Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.3%, Tertiary Education 7.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Hospitals 3.7% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Turvey Park was $607.

In Turvey Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.7%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Walked only 6.4%, Bicycle 1.3% and Motorbike/scooter 1.1%. 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 72.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Turvey Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.0% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.2% 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 Turvey Park, 30.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Turvey Park, 44.1% were couple families with children, 36.8% were couple families without children and 17.0% were one parent families.

In Turvey Park 14.8% of single parents were male and 85.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Turvey Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,223 and those without children was $2,068.

Employment status of couple families

In Turvey Park, of couple families with children, 22.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.2% had both employed part-time and 27.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Turvey Park, 90.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Turvey Park, 92.9% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Turvey Park, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 16.1% had 2 bedrooms and 53.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Turvey Park, 32.8% were owned outright, 37.6% were owned with a mortgage and 27.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Turvey Park, of all households, 68.6% were family households, 26.3% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Turvey Park, 22.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.6% 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 Turvey Park, 39.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Turvey Park, there were 74 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 38 (or 51.4%) were male and 36 (or 48.6%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Turvey Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,452.

In Turvey Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $263 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.