Tootgarook

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,696 people in Tootgarook of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Tootgarook was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.9% of the population.

Of people in Tootgarook aged 15 years and over, 46.1% were married and 15.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tootgarook was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Tootgarook, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tootgarook was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Tootgarook 29.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.0% were in primary school, 14.4% in secondary school and 12.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tootgarook were English 29.6%, Australian 27.8%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 7.5% and Italian 5.5%.

In Tootgarook, 75.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, Italy 2.7%, Greece 1.2%, New Zealand 1.2% and Croatia 0.6%.

In Tootgarook, 63.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tootgarook were No Religion 30.9%, Catholic 22.5%, Anglican 15.2%, Uniting Church 3.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In Tootgarook 83.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.2%, Greek 1.6%, Croatian 0.6%, German 0.4% and Maltese 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,056 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tootgarook. Of these 50.5% were employed full time, 37.2% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tootgarook, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tootgarook was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Tootgarook included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.3%, Professionals 12.2%, Sales Workers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Labourers 11.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.9%, Managers 10.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Tootgarook, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.4%, Building Completion Services 4.0%, School Education 3.7%, Residential Building Construction 3.6% and Residential Care Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tootgarook was $402.

In Tootgarook, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.3%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Truck 1.2%, Bicycle 1.1% and Bus 1.0%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tootgarook, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.5% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.7% 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 Tootgarook, 23.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tootgarook, 34.8% were couple families with children, 43.3% were couple families without children and 20.7% were one parent families.

In Tootgarook 16.8% of single parents were male and 83.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tootgarook, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,522 and those without children was $1,617.

Employment status of couple families

In Tootgarook, of couple families with children, 9.9% had both partners employed full-time, 6.8% had both employed part-time and 15.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tootgarook, 41.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 59.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tootgarook, 91.1% were separate houses, 4.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Tootgarook, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 14.9% had 2 bedrooms and 58.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tootgarook, 38.4% were owned outright, 29.6% were owned with a mortgage and 27.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Tootgarook, of all households, 66.8% were family households, 30.1% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Tootgarook, 37.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.5% 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 Tootgarook, 40.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tootgarook, there were 23 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 52.2%) were male and 11 (or 47.8%) were female. The median age was 41 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 Tootgarook, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Tootgarook, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,492.