Telfer

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,176 people in Telfer of these 77.7% were male and 22.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 23.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Telfer was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 7.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.1% of the population.

Of people in Telfer aged 15 years and over, 37.2% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Telfer was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Telfer, of people aged 15 years and over, 25.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Telfer was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Telfer 20.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.3% were in primary school, 7.9% in secondary school and 18.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Telfer were English 24.5%, Australian 19.0%, Australian Aboriginal 17.2%, Scottish 7.1% and Irish 6.5%.

In Telfer, 67.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 10.2%, England 4.0%, South Africa 1.5%, Philippines 0.9% and Zimbabwe 0.4%.

In Telfer, 59.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Telfer were No Religion 28.4%, Catholic 17.4%, Anglican 11.1%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 5.6% and Baptist 5.6%.

In Telfer 62.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Manyjilyjarra 15.8%, Martu Wangka 2.1%, Kartujarra 1.9%, Tagalog 0.6% and German 0.3%.

Employment

There were 852 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Telfer. Of these 78.2% were employed full time, 9.9% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Telfer, 3.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 74.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Telfer was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Telfer included Machinery Operators And Drivers 33.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 31.6%, Professionals 11.9%, Labourers 11.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.0%, Managers 3.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 2.6% and Sales Workers 0.8%.

Of the employed people in Telfer, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 56.4%, Other Mining Support Services 11.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance 3.2% and Employment Services 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Telfer was $1,759.

In Telfer, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Bus 25.7%, Walked only 15.6%, Car, as driver 14.4%, Other 13.8% and Car, as passenger 12.7%. On the day, 27.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 27.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Telfer, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.2% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.0% 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 Telfer, 18.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 1.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Telfer, 41.0% were couple families with children, 14.8% were couple families without children and 39.3% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Telfer, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $0 and those without children was $900.

Employment status of couple families

In Telfer, of couple families with children, 9.7% had both partners employed full-time, 9.7% had both employed part-time and 9.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Telfer, 85.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Telfer, 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 Telfer, of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 15.1% had 2 bedrooms and 66.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 4.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Telfer, 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 100.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Telfer, of all households, 80.0% were family households, 20.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Telfer, 19.1% 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 Telfer, 50.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 19.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 0.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Telfer, there were 278 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 149 (or 53.6%) were male and 129 (or 46.4%) 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 Telfer, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.8, with 1.9 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $966.

In Telfer, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $90 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.