Tintinara

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 276 people in Tintinara of these 55.1% were male and 44.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Tintinara was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.2% of the population.

Of people in Tintinara aged 15 years and over, 61.1% were married and 5.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tintinara was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Tintinara, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tintinara was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Tintinara 19.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.5% were in primary school, 17.3% in secondary school and 7.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tintinara were Australian 35.5%, English 34.4%, German 9.6%, Irish 5.9% and Scottish 3.2%.

In Tintinara, 85.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, Philippines 1.8%, New Zealand 1.4%, Germany 1.1% and Netherlands 1.1%.

In Tintinara, 82.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tintinara were Uniting Church 24.2%, No Religion 22.4%, Anglican 19.1%, Catholic 11.6% and Lutheran 9.0%.

In Tintinara 93.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Tagalog 2.5% and German 1.8%.

Employment

There were 142 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tintinara. Of these 59.2% were employed full time, 28.2% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tintinara, 16.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tintinara was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Tintinara included Managers 26.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Labourers 13.6%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Professionals 7.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Tintinara, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 16.4%, School Education 8.6%, Other Livestock Farming 7.1%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 5.7% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tintinara was $515.

In Tintinara, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.8%, Walked only 19.9%, Truck 4.3%, Other 2.8% and Bicycle 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 54.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tintinara, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.2% provided care for children and 8.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 42.0% 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 Tintinara, 24.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tintinara, 36.7% were couple families with children, 59.5% were couple families without children and 3.8% were one parent families.

In Tintinara 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tintinara, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,687.

Employment status of couple families

In Tintinara, of couple families with children, 21.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 24.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tintinara, 81.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tintinara, 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 Tintinara, of occupied private dwellings 4.2% had 1 bedroom, 9.2% had 2 bedrooms and 63.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tintinara, 56.3% were owned outright, 20.2% were owned with a mortgage and 21.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Tintinara, of all households, 68.6% were family households, 31.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Tintinara, 32.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.6% 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 Tintinara, 37.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tintinara, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Tintinara, 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 $700.

In Tintinara, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $650.