Tynong North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 417 people in Tynong North of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Tynong North was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.2% of the population.

Of people in Tynong North aged 15 years and over, 59.2% were married and 6.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tynong North was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Tynong North, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tynong North was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Tynong North 30.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.0% were in primary school, 19.4% in secondary school and 21.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tynong North were English 33.8%, Australian 31.1%, Scottish 10.9%, Irish 8.0% and German 2.9%.

In Tynong North, 83.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.5%, Italy 1.2%, Northern Ireland 1.2%, Germany 1.0% and New Zealand 1.0%.

In Tynong North, 65.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tynong North were No Religion 30.2%, Catholic 21.8%, Anglican 18.5%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Baptist 3.4%.

In Tynong North 93.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.7%, Italian 0.7% and Polish 0.7%.

Employment

There were 228 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tynong North. Of these 61.4% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 2.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tynong North, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tynong North was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Tynong North included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.9%, Managers 17.0%, Professionals 14.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Labourers 8.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Tynong North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 6.3%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.1%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.1%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 2.7% and Building Installation Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tynong North was $608.

In Tynong North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.0%, Walked only 6.7%, Train 4.0%, Car, as passenger 4.0% and Train, car as driver 2.2%. On the day, 5.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tynong North, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.6% provided care for children and 13.5% 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 Tynong North, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tynong North, 50.5% were couple families with children, 38.5% were couple families without children and 8.3% were one parent families.

In Tynong North 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tynong North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,285 and those without children was $1,791.

Employment status of couple families

In Tynong North, of couple families with children, 25.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 25.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tynong North, 88.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tynong North, 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 Tynong North, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 7.7% had 2 bedrooms and 45.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tynong North, 37.4% were owned outright, 42.7% were owned with a mortgage and 16.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Tynong North, of all households, 84.1% were family households, 15.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Tynong North, 12.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.1% 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 Tynong North, 11.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tynong North, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Tynong North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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