Trowutta

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 297 people in Trowutta of these 54.9% were male and 45.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Trowutta was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population.

Of people in Trowutta aged 15 years and over, 51.1% were married and 14.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Trowutta was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Trowutta, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Trowutta was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Trowutta 33.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.0% were in primary school, 24.0% in secondary school and 13.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Trowutta were English 34.6%, Australian 33.7%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 7.5% and German 4.0%.

In Trowutta, 80.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 6.4%, England 5.1% and Germany 1.0%.

In Trowutta, 75.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Trowutta were No Religion 35.1%, Anglican 18.6%, Catholic 11.1%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Christian, nfd 2.7%.

In Trowutta 90.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.4% and Mandarin 1.0%.

Employment

There were 121 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Trowutta. Of these 54.5% were employed full time, 20.7% were employed part-time and 14.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Trowutta, 5.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Trowutta was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The most common occupations in Trowutta included Managers 47.2%, Labourers 19.8%, Professionals 7.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.8% and Sales Workers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Trowutta, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 38.3%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.2%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 6.5%, Dairy Product Manufacturing 5.6% and Bakery Product Manufacturing 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Trowutta was $373.

In Trowutta, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.8%, Walked only 8.5%, Motorbike/scooter 7.5%, Other 5.7% and Car, as passenger 2.8%. 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 60.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Trowutta, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.4% 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 Trowutta, 23.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Trowutta, 52.7% were couple families with children, 43.2% were couple families without children and 4.1% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Trowutta, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $966 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Trowutta, of couple families with children, 22.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 5.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Trowutta, 77.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Trowutta, 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 Trowutta, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 8.7% had 2 bedrooms and 64.1% 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 Trowutta, 28.3% were owned outright, 34.9% were owned with a mortgage and 34.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Trowutta, of all households, 72.8% were family households, 22.3% were single person households and 4.9% were group households.

In Trowutta, 30.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.6% 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 Trowutta, 36.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Trowutta, there were 29 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 55.2%) were male and 13 (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 Trowutta, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,462.

In Trowutta, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $850.