Tatura

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,448 people in Tatura of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Tatura was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.2% of the population.

Of people in Tatura aged 15 years and over, 53.8% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tatura was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Tatura, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tatura was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Tatura 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.6% were in primary school, 27.6% in secondary school and 11.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tatura were Australian 30.9%, English 28.8%, Italian 9.1%, Irish 8.8% and Scottish 6.8%.

In Tatura, 83.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 3.3%, England 1.3%, Turkey 1.1%, New Zealand 1.1% and Netherlands 0.4%.

In Tatura, 73.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tatura were Catholic 31.8%, No Religion 20.7%, Anglican 15.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.8% and Uniting Church 6.5%.

In Tatura 85.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 6.3%, Turkish 1.7%, Punjabi 0.3%, Mandarin 0.2% and Tagalog 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,044 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tatura. Of these 59.5% were employed full time, 29.2% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tatura, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tatura was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Tatura included Labourers 17.8%, Managers 16.4%, Professionals 15.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3% and Sales Workers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Tatura, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Product Manufacturing 6.7%, Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services 4.9%, Dairy Cattle Farming 4.2%, School Education 4.1% and Other Food Product Manufacturing 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tatura was $491.

In Tatura, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.5%, Walked only 6.5%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Bicycle 1.6% and Truck 0.8%. On the day, 0.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tatura, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.7% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.3% 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 Tatura, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tatura, 41.0% were couple families with children, 43.2% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Tatura 22.6% of single parents were male and 77.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tatura, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,964 and those without children was $1,687.

Employment status of couple families

In Tatura, of couple families with children, 20.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 21.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tatura, 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tatura, 88.1% were separate houses, 2.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.5% were flats, units or apartments and 2.2% were other dwellings.

In Tatura, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 15.5% had 2 bedrooms and 54.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tatura, 38.1% were owned outright, 34.6% were owned with a mortgage and 22.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Tatura, of all households, 70.6% were family households, 26.9% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Tatura, 30.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 Tatura, 33.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tatura, there were 105 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 52 (or 49.5%) were male and 53 (or 50.5%) 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 Tatura, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,089.

In Tatura, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,408.