Taranna

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 275 people in Taranna of these 56.0% were male and 44.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Taranna was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.7% of the population.

Of people in Taranna aged 15 years and over, 52.7% were married and 14.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Taranna was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 45 years.

In Taranna, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Taranna was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Taranna 17.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.4% were in primary school, 13.7% in secondary school and 13.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Taranna were English 35.9%, Australian 26.5%, Scottish 9.4%, Irish 7.2% and German 2.7%.

In Taranna, 83.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.8%, New Zealand 1.8%, Canada 1.5%, United States of America 1.5% and Italy 1.1%.

In Taranna, 76.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Taranna were No Religion 36.5%, Anglican 23.4%, Catholic 11.3%, Jehovah's Witnesses 4.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Taranna 93.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.1% and Cebuano 1.1%.

Employment

There were 126 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Taranna. Of these 38.1% were employed full time, 40.5% were employed part-time and 8.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Taranna, 18.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Taranna was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Taranna included Managers 21.1%, Labourers 14.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.2%, Professionals 12.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3% and Sales Workers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Taranna, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 12.3%, Travel Agency and Tour Arrangement Services 6.1%, Museum Operation 6.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.4% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Taranna was $368.

In Taranna, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 48.7%, Walked only 5.2%, Car, as passenger 3.5%, Truck 3.5% and Car as driver, car as passenger 2.6%. 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 53.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Taranna, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.9% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.5% 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 Taranna, 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Taranna, 23.1% were couple families with children, 64.1% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In Taranna 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Taranna, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $850.

Employment status of couple families

In Taranna, of couple families with children, 6.1% had both partners employed full-time, 7.6% had both employed part-time and 25.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Taranna, 60.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 39.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Taranna, 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 Taranna, of occupied private dwellings 10.3% had 1 bedroom, 30.2% had 2 bedrooms and 40.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Taranna, 50.0% were owned outright, 29.3% were owned with a mortgage and 12.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Taranna, of all households, 65.8% were family households, 31.6% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Taranna, 43.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Taranna, 32.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Taranna, 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 30 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 Taranna, 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 $483.

In Taranna, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.