Thompson Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 334 people in Thompson Beach of these 59.6% were male and 40.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Thompson Beach was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.5% of the population.

Of people in Thompson Beach aged 15 years and over, 44.0% were married and 23.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Thompson Beach was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Thompson Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Thompson Beach was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Thompson Beach 24.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.0% were in primary school, 16.2% in secondary school and 7.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Thompson Beach were English 39.3%, Australian 29.6%, Irish 5.9%, German 5.6% and Scottish 5.2%.

In Thompson Beach, 78.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.6%, Cambodia 0.9%, Netherlands 0.9%, New Zealand 0.9% and Northern Ireland 0.9%.

In Thompson Beach, 66.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Thompson Beach were No Religion 38.7%, Anglican 13.6%, Catholic 13.0%, Uniting Church 10.6% and Christian, nfd 3.0%.

In Thompson Beach 89.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 1.2%, Hungarian 1.2%, Khmer 1.2% and Dutch 0.9%.

Employment

There were 153 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Thompson Beach. Of these 54.9% were employed full time, 30.7% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Thompson Beach, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Thompson Beach was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Thompson Beach included Labourers 22.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 21.3%, Managers 15.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.4%, Sales Workers 4.3% and Professionals 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Thompson Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.9%, Residential Building Construction 4.9%, Road Freight Transport 3.5%, Hospitals 3.5% and Poultry Farming 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Thompson Beach was $409.

In Thompson Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.1%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Truck 2.1%, Car as driver, car as passenger 2.1% and Walked only 2.1%. 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 78.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Thompson Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.1% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.3% 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 Thompson Beach, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Thompson Beach, 34.8% were couple families with children, 44.9% were couple families without children and 16.9% were one parent families.

In Thompson Beach 38.5% of single parents were male and 61.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Thompson Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,292 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Thompson Beach, of couple families with children, 8.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 15.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Thompson Beach, 71.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 28.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Thompson Beach, 93.6% were separate houses, 3.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.8% were other dwellings.

In Thompson Beach, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 20.4% had 2 bedrooms and 56.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Thompson Beach, 32.9% were owned outright, 55.0% were owned with a mortgage and 12.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Thompson Beach, of all households, 62.9% were family households, 31.5% were single person households and 5.6% were group households.

In Thompson Beach, 35.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Thompson Beach, 32.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Thompson Beach, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 40 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 Thompson Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Thompson Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.