Tuart Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,706 people in Tuart Hill of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Tuart Hill was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.0% of the population.

Of people in Tuart Hill aged 15 years and over, 37.2% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tuart Hill was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Tuart Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tuart Hill was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Tuart Hill 26.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.3% were in primary school, 10.6% in secondary school and 34.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tuart Hill were English 20.0%, Australian 16.9%, Italian 8.9%, Irish 6.6% and Scottish 5.2%.

In Tuart Hill, 49.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, India 4.5%, Italy 4.0%, New Zealand 2.6% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.7%.

In Tuart Hill, 28.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 58.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tuart Hill were Catholic 30.7%, No Religion 20.7%, Anglican 9.2%, Buddhism 4.2% and Islam 4.0%.

In Tuart Hill 59.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 6.0%, Vietnamese 2.4%, Gujarati 2.0%, Cantonese 1.9% and Mandarin 1.6%.

Employment

There were 3,825 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tuart Hill. Of these 64.9% were employed full time, 24.9% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tuart Hill, 7.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tuart Hill was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Tuart Hill included Professionals 26.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.2%, Labourers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Managers 9.2%, Sales Workers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Tuart Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Hospitals 4.6%, School Education 4.1%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.5% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tuart Hill was $705.

In Tuart Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.4%, Bus 7.5%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Train 1.8% and Walked only 1.7%. On the day, 13.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tuart Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.7% provided care for children and 8.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.2% 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 Tuart Hill, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tuart Hill, 30.9% were couple families with children, 48.7% were couple families without children and 17.7% were one parent families.

In Tuart Hill 18.6% of single parents were male and 81.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tuart Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,161 and those without children was $2,242.

Employment status of couple families

In Tuart Hill, of couple families with children, 23.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 19.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tuart Hill, 90.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tuart Hill, 32.2% were separate houses, 48.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 19.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Tuart Hill, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 38.8% had 2 bedrooms and 47.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tuart Hill, 25.4% were owned outright, 28.8% were owned with a mortgage and 42.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Tuart Hill, of all households, 51.9% were family households, 42.3% were single person households and 5.8% were group households.

In Tuart Hill, 25.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.8% 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 Tuart Hill, 49.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tuart Hill, there were 58 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 32 (or 55.2%) were male and 26 (or 44.8%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Tuart Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,053.

In Tuart Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383.