Truro

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 636 people in Truro of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Truro was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population.

Of people in Truro aged 15 years and over, 55.0% were married and 11.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Truro was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Truro, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Truro was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Truro 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.3% were in primary school, 22.1% in secondary school and 8.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Truro were Australian 33.3%, English 27.1%, German 18.3%, Scottish 4.8% and Irish 3.9%.

In Truro, 88.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, Netherlands 0.6%, Germany 0.5%, Italy 0.5% and Philippines 0.5%.

In Truro, 76.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Truro were Lutheran 31.0%, No Religion 24.6%, Uniting Church 13.5%, Catholic 8.3% and Anglican 8.2%.

In Truro 94.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Portuguese 0.5%, Spanish 0.5%, Italian 0.5% and Maltese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 351 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Truro. Of these 59.3% were employed full time, 30.2% were employed part-time and 6.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Truro, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Truro was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Truro included Labourers 26.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.9%, Managers 11.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9%, Professionals 7.6% and Sales Workers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Truro, the most common responses for industry of employment included Beverage Manufacturing 14.3%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.0% and Residential Care Services 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Truro was $517.

In Truro, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.3%, Car, as passenger 3.0%, Walked only 2.7%, Motorbike/scooter 2.1% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Truro, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.5% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.5% 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 Truro, 26.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Truro, 42.9% were couple families with children, 45.1% were couple families without children and 12.0% were one parent families.

In Truro 40.0% of single parents were male and 60.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Truro, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,812 and those without children was $1,350.

Employment status of couple families

In Truro, of couple families with children, 22.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 26.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Truro, 93.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Truro, 98.3% were separate houses, 1.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Truro, of occupied private dwellings 6.3% had 1 bedroom, 16.4% had 2 bedrooms and 50.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Truro, 40.4% were owned outright, 44.2% were owned with a mortgage and 12.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Truro, of all households, 76.7% were family households, 22.1% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Truro, 28.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.4% 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 Truro, 23.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Truro, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Truro, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $733.

In Truro, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,000.