Tanah Merah

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,608 people in Tanah Merah of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Tanah Merah was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.1% of the population.

Of people in Tanah Merah aged 15 years and over, 50.3% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tanah Merah was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Tanah Merah, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tanah Merah was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Tanah Merah 27.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.1% were in primary school, 22.1% in secondary school and 17.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tanah Merah were English 29.0%, Australian 25.4%, Scottish 7.4%, Irish 6.8% and German 3.9%.

In Tanah Merah, 69.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 8.2%, England 4.7%, South Africa 1.2%, Scotland 0.7% and Germany 0.5%.

In Tanah Merah, 49.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tanah Merah were No Religion 23.1%, Catholic 22.8%, Anglican 15.9%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Christian, nfd 4.3%.

In Tanah Merah 87.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 1.2%, Spanish 0.7%, Mandarin 0.7%, Hungarian 0.5% and German 0.4%.

Employment

There were 2,536 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tanah Merah. Of these 62.1% were employed full time, 26.3% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tanah Merah, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tanah Merah was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Tanah Merah included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.1%, Professionals 15.8%, Managers 10.5%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Labourers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Tanah Merah, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.9%, Hospitals 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Road Freight Transport 2.9% and Building Installation Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tanah Merah was $672.

In Tanah Merah, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.8%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Bus 4.6%, Truck 1.9% and Motorbike/scooter 1.3%. On the day, 6.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tanah Merah, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.0% 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, 15.9% 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 Tanah Merah, 29.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tanah Merah, 48.4% were couple families with children, 34.7% were couple families without children and 15.4% were one parent families.

In Tanah Merah 15.8% of single parents were male and 84.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tanah Merah, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,065 and those without children was $2,091.

Employment status of couple families

In Tanah Merah, of couple families with children, 27.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 21.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tanah Merah, 96.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tanah Merah, 86.9% were separate houses, 9.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 2.9% were other dwellings.

In Tanah Merah, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 6.3% had 2 bedrooms and 41.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tanah Merah, 21.0% were owned outright, 52.0% were owned with a mortgage and 25.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Tanah Merah, of all households, 81.5% were family households, 15.4% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Tanah Merah, 14.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.9% 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 Tanah Merah, 26.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tanah Merah, there were 54 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 25 (or 46.3%) were male and 29 (or 53.7%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Tanah Merah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,218.

In Tanah Merah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $320 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,297.