Tannum Sands

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,254 people in Tannum Sands of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Tannum Sands was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.0% of the population.

Of people in Tannum Sands aged 15 years and over, 56.1% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tannum Sands was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Tannum Sands, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tannum Sands was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Tannum Sands 32.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.2% were in primary school, 24.8% in secondary school and 11.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tannum Sands were Australian 31.3%, English 28.1%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 8.3% and German 4.4%.

In Tannum Sands, 76.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.0%, England 3.4%, South Africa 2.6%, Scotland 0.7% and Netherlands 0.5%.

In Tannum Sands, 68.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tannum Sands were No Religion 25.3%, Catholic 21.7%, Anglican 21.5%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Tannum Sands 89.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.1%, Dutch 0.4%, German 0.3%, French 0.3% and Japanese 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,827 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tannum Sands. Of these 66.2% were employed full time, 24.4% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tannum Sands, 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tannum Sands was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Tannum Sands included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.4%, Professionals 15.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.8%, Labourers 10.7%, Managers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5% and Sales Workers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Tannum Sands, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 16.6%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 6.0%, School Education 6.0%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 3.6% and Building Installation Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tannum Sands was $798.

In Tannum Sands, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.5%, Car, as passenger 7.3%, Bus 2.6%, Walked only 2.6% and Bicycle 1.6%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tannum Sands, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.6% provided care for children and 7.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.3% 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 Tannum Sands, 27.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tannum Sands, 54.4% were couple families with children, 34.9% were couple families without children and 9.9% were one parent families.

In Tannum Sands 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tannum Sands, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,932 and those without children was $2,655.

Employment status of couple families

In Tannum Sands, of couple families with children, 24.0% had both partners employed full-time, 1.6% had both employed part-time and 28.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tannum Sands, 90.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tannum Sands, 89.5% were separate houses, 2.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.3% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

In Tannum Sands, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 9.2% had 2 bedrooms and 38.4% 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 Tannum Sands, 24.4% were owned outright, 45.1% were owned with a mortgage and 28.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Tannum Sands, of all households, 82.1% were family households, 15.7% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Tannum Sands, 13.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 25.6% 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 Tannum Sands, 25.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tannum Sands, there were 120 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 51 (or 42.5%) were male and 69 (or 57.5%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Tannum Sands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,694.

In Tannum Sands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,900.