Tom Price

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,460 people in Tom Price of these 65.2% were male and 34.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Tom Price was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 1.0% of the population.

Of people in Tom Price aged 15 years and over, 44.9% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tom Price was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Tom Price, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 21.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tom Price was 39 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Tom Price 31.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.7% were in primary school, 9.1% in secondary school and 9.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tom Price were Australian 29.1%, English 25.1%, Irish 7.0%, Scottish 6.5% and German 2.8%.

In Tom Price, 67.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 7.4%, England 3.2%, South Africa 0.8%, Philippines 0.6% and Scotland 0.5%.

In Tom Price, 60.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tom Price were No Religion 30.1%, Catholic 18.8%, Anglican 16.2%, Uniting Church 2.8% and Christian, nfd 2.4%.

In Tom Price 79.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Banyjima 0.5%, Afrikaans 0.3%, Maori (New Zealand) 0.3%, French 0.3% and Italian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 3,314 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tom Price. Of these 76.8% were employed full time, 11.6% were employed part-time and 1.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tom Price, 4.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 73.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tom Price was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Tom Price included Technicians and Trades Workers 28.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 26.6%, Professionals 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.0%, Labourers 8.0%, Managers 6.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.0% and Sales Workers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Tom Price, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 51.5%, Other Mining Support Services 5.3%, School Education 3.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2% and Local Government Administration 2.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tom Price was $1,824.

In Tom Price, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 31.5%, Bus 26.1%, Walked only 8.7%, Car, as passenger 7.4% and Other 6.9%. On the day, 28.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 39.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tom Price, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.2% provided care for children and 5.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.7% 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 Tom Price, 21.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tom Price, 58.5% were couple families with children, 31.4% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

In Tom Price 32.1% of single parents were male and 67.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tom Price, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,192 and those without children was $3,265.

Employment status of couple families

In Tom Price, of couple families with children, 30.9% had both partners employed full-time, 1.5% had both employed part-time and 23.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tom Price, 81.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tom Price, 86.9% were separate houses, 7.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.9% were flats, units or apartments and 4.7% were other dwellings.

In Tom Price, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 5.8% had 2 bedrooms and 72.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tom Price, 8.4% were owned outright, 3.0% were owned with a mortgage and 86.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Tom Price, of all households, 78.4% were family households, 19.2% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Tom Price, 4.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 36.9% 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 Tom Price, 32.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tom Price, there were 504 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 277 (or 55.0%) were male and 227 (or 45.0%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Tom Price, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,807.

In Tom Price, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $37 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $9,999.