Tiddy Widdy Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 193 people in Tiddy Widdy Beach of these 53.9% were male and 46.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Tiddy Widdy Beach was 61 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 5.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 40.5% of the population.

Of people in Tiddy Widdy Beach aged 15 years and over, 61.3% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tiddy Widdy Beach was 65 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Tiddy Widdy Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tiddy Widdy Beach was 65 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Tiddy Widdy Beach 13.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.2% were in primary school, 14.8% in secondary school and 22.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tiddy Widdy Beach were English 39.5%, Australian 31.3%, German 7.4%, Irish 6.2% and Scottish 4.1%.

In Tiddy Widdy Beach, 79.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.7%, Cook Islands 1.5%, Netherlands 1.5%, New Zealand 1.5% and Scotland 1.5%.

In Tiddy Widdy Beach, 72.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tiddy Widdy Beach were No Religion 25.8%, Anglican 19.6%, Catholic 19.1%, Uniting Church 11.9% and Lutheran 4.1%.

In Tiddy Widdy Beach 93.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Narungga 1.5% and Maori (Cook Island) 1.5%.

Employment

There were 59 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tiddy Widdy Beach. Of these 57.6% were employed full time, 42.4% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tiddy Widdy Beach, 15.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tiddy Widdy Beach was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 59 years.

The most common occupations in Tiddy Widdy Beach included Managers 23.3%, Sales Workers 13.3%, Labourers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.0%, Professionals 5.0% and Technicians and Trades Workers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Tiddy Widdy Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.8%, Metal Ore Mining 4.8%, Bakery Product Manufacturing 4.8%, Other Food Product Manufacturing 4.8% and Building Completion Services 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tiddy Widdy Beach was $477.

In Tiddy Widdy Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 41.7%, Walked only 6.7%, Train 5.0%, Car, as passenger 5.0% and Other 5.0%. On the day, 5.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 49.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tiddy Widdy Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.0% provided care for children and 14.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.2% 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 Tiddy Widdy Beach, 19.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tiddy Widdy Beach, 15.8% were couple families with children, 78.9% were couple families without children and 5.3% were one parent families.

In Tiddy Widdy Beach 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tiddy Widdy Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,708 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Tiddy Widdy Beach, of couple families with children, 9.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.8% had both employed part-time and 5.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tiddy Widdy Beach, 37.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 62.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tiddy Widdy Beach, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Tiddy Widdy Beach, of occupied private dwellings 3.4% had 1 bedroom, 27.0% had 2 bedrooms and 52.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 1.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tiddy Widdy Beach, 61.4% were owned outright, 15.9% were owned with a mortgage and 19.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Tiddy Widdy Beach, of all households, 69.3% were family households, 30.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Tiddy Widdy Beach, 44.6% 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 Tiddy Widdy Beach, 46.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tiddy Widdy Beach, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 49 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 Tiddy Widdy Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Tiddy Widdy 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 $0.