Tallebudgera Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,557 people in Tallebudgera Valley of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Tallebudgera Valley was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.8% of the population.

Of people in Tallebudgera Valley aged 15 years and over, 56.6% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tallebudgera Valley was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Tallebudgera Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tallebudgera Valley was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Tallebudgera Valley 33.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.3% were in primary school, 20.4% in secondary school and 17.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tallebudgera Valley were English 31.2%, Australian 23.6%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 9.0% and German 5.0%.

In Tallebudgera Valley, 74.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.8%, New Zealand 5.5%, South Africa 0.9%, Netherlands 0.8% and Germany 0.6%.

In Tallebudgera Valley, 59.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tallebudgera Valley were No Religion 24.4%, Catholic 23.0%, Anglican 21.7%, Christian, nfd 3.4% and Uniting Church 3.1%.

In Tallebudgera Valley 89.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 0.8%, Dutch 0.6%, German 0.4%, Maltese 0.3% and Norwegian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 790 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tallebudgera Valley. Of these 51.5% were employed full time, 35.9% were employed part-time and 7.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tallebudgera Valley, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tallebudgera Valley was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Tallebudgera Valley included Professionals 19.4%, Managers 16.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Sales Workers 12.2%, Labourers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Tallebudgera Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, School Education 3.6%, Building Structure Services 3.4%, Residential Building Construction 3.3% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tallebudgera Valley was $538.

In Tallebudgera Valley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.4%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Walked only 1.4%, Truck 1.1% and Bus 0.8%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tallebudgera Valley, 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, 28.9% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.8% 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 Tallebudgera Valley, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tallebudgera Valley, 51.5% were couple families with children, 40.1% were couple families without children and 7.6% were one parent families.

In Tallebudgera Valley 21.9% of single parents were male and 78.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tallebudgera Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,238 and those without children was $1,974.

Employment status of couple families

In Tallebudgera Valley, of couple families with children, 19.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 23.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tallebudgera Valley, 92.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tallebudgera Valley, 99.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Tallebudgera Valley, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 12.7% had 2 bedrooms and 31.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tallebudgera Valley, 34.4% were owned outright, 47.2% were owned with a mortgage and 14.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Tallebudgera Valley, of all households, 83.1% were family households, 13.1% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Tallebudgera Valley, 17.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.0% 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 Tallebudgera Valley, 17.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tallebudgera Valley, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 60.0%) were male and 4 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Tallebudgera Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.

In Tallebudgera Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $500 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.