Tea Tree

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 326 people in Tea Tree of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Tea Tree was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.7% of the population.

Of people in Tea Tree aged 15 years and over, 58.1% were married and 8.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tea Tree was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Tea Tree, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tea Tree was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Tea Tree 29.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.7% were in primary school, 34.8% in secondary school and 25.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tea Tree were Australian 39.5%, English 33.5%, Scottish 6.2%, Irish 4.5% and German 2.8%.

In Tea Tree, 89.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.0%, Croatia 1.8%, Philippines 1.8% and New Zealand 0.9%.

In Tea Tree, 84.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tea Tree were Anglican 38.7%, No Religion 24.2%, Catholic 20.6%, Uniting Church 4.3% and Buddhism 1.8%.

In Tea Tree 93.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Hmong 2.5%, German 1.5% and Filipino 0.9%.

Employment

There were 177 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tea Tree. Of these 54.2% were employed full time, 32.8% were employed part-time and 9.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tea Tree, 8.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tea Tree was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Tea Tree included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.4%, Managers 16.7%, Sales Workers 13.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Professionals 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Labourers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Tea Tree, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.5%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.9%, State Government Administration 4.9% and School Education 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tea Tree was $516.

In Tea Tree, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 63.6%, Car, as passenger 6.8% and Truck 3.7%. 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 69.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tea Tree, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.6% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.2% 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 Tea Tree, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tea Tree, 54.3% were couple families with children, 35.1% were couple families without children and 10.6% were one parent families.

In Tea Tree 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tea Tree, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,899 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Tea Tree, of couple families with children, 8.8% had both partners employed full-time, 8.8% had both employed part-time and 27.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tea Tree, 91.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tea Tree, 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 Tea Tree, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 16.1% had 2 bedrooms and 45.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tea Tree, 41.4% were owned outright, 50.5% were owned with a mortgage and 8.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Tea Tree, of all households, 81.6% were family households, 15.8% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Tea Tree, 18.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.8% 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 Tea Tree, 10.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tea Tree, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 66.7%) were male and 4 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Tea Tree, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $966.

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