Tolmans Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 490 people in Tolmans Hill of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Tolmans Hill was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.9% of the population.

Of people in Tolmans Hill aged 15 years and over, 65.0% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tolmans Hill was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Tolmans Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tolmans Hill was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Tolmans Hill 34.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.5% were in primary school, 26.2% in secondary school and 23.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tolmans Hill were Australian 32.6%, English 32.4%, Irish 8.8%, Scottish 5.7% and Chinese 2.6%.

In Tolmans Hill, 76.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.6%, New Zealand 2.7%, Canada 2.3%, South Africa 1.6% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.4%.

In Tolmans Hill, 59.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tolmans Hill were No Religion 33.0%, Anglican 26.2%, Catholic 20.5%, Uniting Church 4.1% and Baptist 2.9%.

In Tolmans Hill 91.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 2.0%, Mandarin 1.4%, German 1.0%, Greek 0.8% and Tagalog 0.6%.

Employment

There were 285 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tolmans Hill. Of these 66.7% were employed full time, 26.3% were employed part-time and 1.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tolmans Hill, 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tolmans Hill was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Tolmans Hill included Professionals 39.9%, Managers 23.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.9%, Sales Workers 7.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.1% and Labourers 1.1%.

Of the employed people in Tolmans Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 7.6%, School Education 6.9%, Hospitals 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6% and Residential Building Construction 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tolmans Hill was $1,064.

In Tolmans Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.1%, Car, as passenger 9.8%, Bus 2.9%, Taxi 1.4% and Walked only 1.4%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tolmans Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 85.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 39.5% provided care for children and 7.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.8% 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 Tolmans Hill, 34.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tolmans Hill, 62.2% were couple families with children, 30.4% were couple families without children and 7.4% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Tolmans Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,853 and those without children was $3,150.

Employment status of couple families

In Tolmans Hill, of couple families with children, 29.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 30.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tolmans Hill, 91.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tolmans Hill, 98.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Tolmans Hill, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 7.4% had 2 bedrooms and 36.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tolmans Hill, 22.8% were owned outright, 62.3% were owned with a mortgage and 13.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Tolmans Hill, of all households, 81.5% were family households, 14.8% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Tolmans Hill, 8.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 34.0% 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 Tolmans Hill, 20.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 58.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tolmans Hill, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Tolmans Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Tolmans Hill, 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.