Mount Tarampa

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 623 people in Mount Tarampa of these 54.7% were male and 45.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Tarampa was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.3% of the population.

Of people in Mount Tarampa aged 15 years and over, 48.0% were married and 16.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Tarampa was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Mount Tarampa, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Tarampa was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Mount Tarampa 27.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.9% were in primary school, 23.1% in secondary school and 10.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Tarampa were Australian 35.3%, English 28.0%, German 11.1%, Scottish 7.5% and Irish 5.5%.

In Mount Tarampa, 87.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.4%, England 1.6%, Vietnam 0.8%, Germany 0.6% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.5%.

In Mount Tarampa, 80.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Tarampa were No Religion 23.2%, Catholic 17.7%, Anglican 16.3%, Lutheran 13.4% and Uniting Church 6.0%.

In Mount Tarampa 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 0.8%, German 0.5%, Danish 0.5%, Italian 0.5% and Mandarin 0.5%.

Employment

There were 276 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Tarampa. Of these 61.6% were employed full time, 22.8% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Tarampa, 8.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Tarampa was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Tarampa included Managers 24.5%, Labourers 17.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.1%, Sales Workers 7.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.6% and Professionals 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Mount Tarampa, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 11.4%, School Education 6.7%, Road Freight Transport 3.9%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.5% and Other Crop Growing 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Tarampa was $392.

In Mount Tarampa, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.5%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Walked only 4.3%, Truck 3.1% and Motorbike/scooter 2.7%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Tarampa, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.9% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.6% 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 Mount Tarampa, 26.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Tarampa, 44.4% were couple families with children, 34.6% were couple families without children and 19.1% were one parent families.

In Mount Tarampa 20.6% of single parents were male and 79.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Tarampa, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,291 and those without children was $1,410.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Tarampa, of couple families with children, 24.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 17.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Tarampa, 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Tarampa, 98.5% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Tarampa, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 10.4% had 2 bedrooms and 49.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Tarampa, 40.4% were owned outright, 39.4% were owned with a mortgage and 18.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Tarampa, of all households, 77.1% were family households, 20.5% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Mount Tarampa, 29.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.9% 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 Mount Tarampa, 31.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Tarampa, there were 48 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 28 (or 58.3%) were male and 20 (or 41.7%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Mount Tarampa, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.5, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Mount Tarampa, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,297.