Upper Tenthill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 212 people in Upper Tenthill of these 53.8% were male and 46.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Upper Tenthill was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.5% of the population.

Of people in Upper Tenthill aged 15 years and over, 58.1% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Upper Tenthill was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Upper Tenthill, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Upper Tenthill was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Upper Tenthill 23.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.8% were in primary school, 18.4% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Upper Tenthill were English 28.8%, Australian 26.7%, German 24.0%, Irish 6.5% and Scottish 3.4%.

In Upper Tenthill, 91.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.9% and New Zealand 1.4%.

In Upper Tenthill, 90.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Upper Tenthill were Lutheran 28.2%, No Religion 15.5%, Baptist 12.7%, Anglican 11.3% and Catholic 10.8%.

In Upper Tenthill 95.7% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 106 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Upper Tenthill. Of these 70.8% were employed full time, 17.9% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Upper Tenthill, 6.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Upper Tenthill was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Upper Tenthill included Managers 27.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Labourers 11.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%, Sales Workers 5.9% and Professionals 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Upper Tenthill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 20.8%, School Education 5.9%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.0%, Building Structure Services 5.0% and Pubs, Taverns and Bars 5.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Upper Tenthill was $543.

In Upper Tenthill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.8%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Walked only 5.9%, Motorbike/scooter 2.9% and Bicycle 2.9%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Upper Tenthill, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.8% provided care for children and 16.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.9% 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 Upper Tenthill, 31.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Upper Tenthill, 35.0% were couple families with children, 55.0% were couple families without children and 10.0% were one parent families.

In Upper Tenthill 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Upper Tenthill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $1,550.

Employment status of couple families

In Upper Tenthill, of couple families with children, 37.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 7.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Upper Tenthill, 96.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Tenthill, 90.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 9.8% were other dwellings.

In Upper Tenthill, of occupied private dwellings 6.0% had 1 bedroom, 8.4% had 2 bedrooms and 38.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Tenthill, 40.2% were owned outright, 32.9% were owned with a mortgage and 23.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Upper Tenthill, of all households, 73.5% were family households, 22.9% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Upper Tenthill, 35.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Upper Tenthill, 26.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Upper Tenthill, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 57.1%) were male and 3 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Upper Tenthill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $533.

In Upper Tenthill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.