Tamborine Mountain

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,030 people in Tamborine Mountain of these 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Tamborine Mountain was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.4% of the population.

Of people in Tamborine Mountain aged 15 years and over, 57.5% were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tamborine Mountain was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Tamborine Mountain, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tamborine Mountain was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Tamborine Mountain 24.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.7% were in primary school, 25.3% in secondary school and 14.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tamborine Mountain were English 34.2%, Australian 24.1%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 9.6% and German 4.9%.

In Tamborine Mountain, 69.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.7%, New Zealand 5.4%, Germany 1.5%, Netherlands 1.1% and Scotland 1.0%.

In Tamborine Mountain, 52.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 32.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tamborine Mountain were No Religion 28.5%, Anglican 20.4%, Catholic 15.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.5% and Christian, nfd 4.6%.

In Tamborine Mountain 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.1%, Japanese 0.6%, Dutch 0.5%, French 0.4% and Afrikaans 0.3%.

Employment

There were 3,242 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tamborine Mountain. Of these 51.0% were employed full time, 37.1% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tamborine Mountain, 14.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tamborine Mountain was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Tamborine Mountain included Professionals 25.8%, Managers 14.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Labourers 8.8%, Sales Workers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Tamborine Mountain, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, Accommodation 3.5%, Hospitals 3.2% and Allied Health Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tamborine Mountain was $499.

In Tamborine Mountain, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.3%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Walked only 3.6%, Truck 1.2% and Motorbike/scooter 1.0%. 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 66.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tamborine Mountain, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.3% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.8% 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 Tamborine Mountain, 29.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tamborine Mountain, 35.0% were couple families with children, 50.5% were couple families without children and 13.9% were one parent families.

In Tamborine Mountain 16.4% of single parents were male and 83.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tamborine Mountain, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,988 and those without children was $1,770.

Employment status of couple families

In Tamborine Mountain, of couple families with children, 14.7% had both partners employed full-time, 6.5% had both employed part-time and 18.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tamborine Mountain, 86.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tamborine Mountain, 94.5% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.6% were other dwellings.

In Tamborine Mountain, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 17.8% had 2 bedrooms and 49.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tamborine Mountain, 38.2% were owned outright, 38.8% were owned with a mortgage and 20.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Tamborine Mountain, of all households, 73.8% were family households, 23.3% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Tamborine Mountain, 26.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.1% 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 Tamborine Mountain, 38.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tamborine Mountain, there were 47 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 28 (or 59.6%) were male and 19 (or 40.4%) were female. The median age was 42 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 Tamborine Mountain, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Tamborine Mountain, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $375 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,500.