Tallwoods Village (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 546 people in Tallwoods Village (L) of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Tallwoods Village (L) was 55 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 26.3% of the population.

Of people in Tallwoods Village (L) aged 15 years and over, 70.4% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tallwoods Village (L) was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Tallwoods Village (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tallwoods Village (L) was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 52 years.

In Tallwoods Village (L) 21.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.7% were in primary school, 18.5% in secondary school and 12.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tallwoods Village (L) were English 31.2%, Australian 28.9%, Scottish 9.4%, Irish 9.1% and German 3.8%.

In Tallwoods Village (L), 78.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.9%, New Zealand 1.1%, Malaysia 0.9%, Indonesia 0.7% and United States of America 0.7%.

In Tallwoods Village (L), 70.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tallwoods Village (L) were Anglican 31.2%, No Religion 20.6%, Catholic 16.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.1% and Uniting Church 4.0%.

In Tallwoods Village (L) 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Cantonese 0.5% and Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 0.5%.

Employment

There were 221 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tallwoods Village (L). Of these 44.8% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 9.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tallwoods Village (L), 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tallwoods Village (L) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Tallwoods Village (L) included Professionals 20.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.2%, Managers 16.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.3%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Labourers 5.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Tallwoods Village (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.5%, Building Installation Services 5.0%, Public Order and Safety Services 5.0%, Residential Care Services 4.5% and Residential Building Construction 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tallwoods Village (L) was $593.

In Tallwoods Village (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 68.5%, Car, as passenger 4.9% and Walked only 1.5%. 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 73.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tallwoods Village (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 79.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.9% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.9% 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 Tallwoods Village (L), 33.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tallwoods Village (L), 27.3% were couple families with children, 63.6% were couple families without children and 9.1% were one parent families.

In Tallwoods Village (L) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tallwoods Village (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,125 and those without children was $1,722.

Employment status of couple families

In Tallwoods Village (L), of couple families with children, 12.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 14.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tallwoods Village (L), 69.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 30.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tallwoods Village (L), 98.5% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Tallwoods Village (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.5% had 2 bedrooms and 53.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tallwoods Village (L), 50.2% were owned outright, 34.5% were owned with a mortgage and 15.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Tallwoods Village (L), of all households, 84.5% were family households, 12.6% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Tallwoods Village (L), 20.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.6% 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 Tallwoods Village (L), 32.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 53.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tallwoods Village (L), there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 45.5%) were male and 6 (or 54.5%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Tallwoods Village (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Tallwoods Village (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $295 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,879.