Traralgon East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,864 people in Traralgon East of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Traralgon East was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.5% of the population.

Of people in Traralgon East aged 15 years and over, 63.8% were married and 8.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Traralgon East was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Traralgon East, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Traralgon East was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Traralgon East 30.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.8% were in primary school, 32.5% in secondary school and 11.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Traralgon East were Australian 35.9%, English 27.0%, Scottish 7.5%, Irish 6.6% and Italian 5.2%.

In Traralgon East, 87.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, New Zealand 0.9%, Scotland 0.8%, Italy 0.7% and South Africa 0.7%.

In Traralgon East, 72.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Traralgon East were Catholic 29.1%, Anglican 22.5%, No Religion 22.2%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Traralgon East 95.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.3%, Afrikaans 0.5%, German 0.3%, Greek 0.2% and Vietnamese 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,033 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Traralgon East. Of these 60.3% were employed full time, 31.5% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Traralgon East, 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.0% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Traralgon East included Professionals 19.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.9%, Managers 14.0%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Labourers 8.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Traralgon East, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.0%, Electricity Generation 5.3%, Hospitals 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8% and Pulp, Paper and Paperboard Manufacturing 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Traralgon East was $681.

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In Traralgon East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 74.0%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Truck 1.7%, Other 1.0% and Motorbike/scooter 0.7%. 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 80.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Traralgon East, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.7% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.6% 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 Traralgon East, 29.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Traralgon East, 55.4% were couple families with children, 36.5% were couple families without children and 7.0% were one parent families.

In Traralgon East 27.0% of single parents were male and 73.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Traralgon East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,553 and those without children was $2,237.

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Employment status of couple families

In Traralgon East, of couple families with children, 22.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 28.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Traralgon East, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Traralgon East, 99.0% were separate houses, 0.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Traralgon East, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 3.2% had 2 bedrooms and 38.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Traralgon East, 36.3% were owned outright, 52.9% were owned with a mortgage and 7.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Traralgon East, of all households, 87.9% were family households, 10.6% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Traralgon East, 9.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.5% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Traralgon East, 14.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Traralgon East, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Traralgon East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Traralgon East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $160 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.