Toolamba

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 752 people in Toolamba of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Toolamba was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.2% of the population.

Of people in Toolamba aged 15 years and over, 57.5% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Toolamba was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Toolamba, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Toolamba was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Toolamba 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8% were in primary school, 37.7% in secondary school and 10.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Toolamba were English 32.6%, Australian 31.3%, Irish 10.1%, Scottish 9.4% and German 2.8%.

In Toolamba, 90.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.0%, Italy 0.9%, Greece 0.5%, India 0.5% and Japan 0.5%.

In Toolamba, 81.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Toolamba were No Religion 28.5%, Catholic 23.8%, Anglican 19.2%, Uniting Church 8.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.8%.

In Toolamba 93.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.2%, Punjabi 0.7%, Japanese 0.7%, Croatian 0.5% and Tagalog 0.5%.

Employment

There were 408 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Toolamba. Of these 57.8% were employed full time, 32.1% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Toolamba, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Toolamba was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Toolamba included Managers 18.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Professionals 14.9%, Labourers 14.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.8%, Sales Workers 8.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Toolamba, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 7.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.4%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.8%, Hospitals 3.8% and Fruit and Vegetable Processing 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Toolamba was $591.

In Toolamba, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.9%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Walked only 3.1%, Other 1.3% and Bicycle 1.0%. 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 72.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Toolamba, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.6% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.9% 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 Toolamba, 29.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Toolamba, 50.5% were couple families with children, 38.5% were couple families without children and 9.6% were one parent families.

In Toolamba 21.1% of single parents were male and 78.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Toolamba, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,140 and those without children was $1,729.

Employment status of couple families

In Toolamba, of couple families with children, 21.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 28.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Toolamba, 87.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Toolamba, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Toolamba, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 8.2% had 2 bedrooms and 51.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Toolamba, 33.3% were owned outright, 53.5% were owned with a mortgage and 10.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Toolamba, of all households, 87.7% were family households, 9.8% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Toolamba, 16.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.8% 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 Toolamba, 14.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Toolamba, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 42.1%) were male and 11 (or 57.9%) 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 Toolamba, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,583.

In Toolamba, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,571.