Tingha (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 527 people in Tingha (L) of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 33.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Tingha (L) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.7% of the population.

Of people in Tingha (L) aged 15 years and over, 36.9% were married and 18.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Tingha (L) was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Tingha (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 37.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Tingha (L) was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Tingha (L) 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.3% were in primary school, 25.3% in secondary school and 4.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Tingha (L) were Australian 48.3%, English 29.1%, Irish 5.4%, Scottish 3.7% and German 3.7%.

In Tingha (L), 94.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.1%, Germany 0.6%, New Zealand 0.6% and South Africa 0.6%.

In Tingha (L), 91.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Tingha (L) were Anglican 26.3%, Catholic 22.7%, No Religion 17.1%, Salvation Army 9.5% and Uniting Church 6.5%.

In Tingha (L) 97.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 0.6%.

Employment

There were 135 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tingha (L). Of these 41.5% were employed full time, 27.4% were employed part-time and 23.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Tingha (L), 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 16.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Tingha (L) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Tingha (L) included Labourers 32.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 19.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.5%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.5%, Managers 7.6%, Professionals 7.6% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Tingha (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.6%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 7.6%, Local Government Administration 7.6%, Residential Care Services 7.6% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tingha (L) was $346.

In Tingha (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.1%, Car, as passenger 10.5%, Walked only 9.5%, Truck 4.8% and Bicycle 3.8%. 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 67.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Tingha (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 59.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.2% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% 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 Tingha (L), 19.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Tingha (L), 32.3% were couple families with children, 36.9% were couple families without children and 27.7% were one parent families.

In Tingha (L) 8.3% of single parents were male and 91.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Tingha (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Tingha (L), of couple families with children, 3.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 9.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Tingha (L), 91.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tingha (L), 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 Tingha (L), of occupied private dwellings 4.9% had 1 bedroom, 21.9% had 2 bedrooms and 44.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Tingha (L), 47.0% were owned outright, 23.0% were owned with a mortgage and 26.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Tingha (L), of all households, 67.7% were family households, 29.0% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Tingha (L), 43.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.8% 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 Tingha (L), 44.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Tingha (L), there were 179 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 85 (or 47.5%) were male and 94 (or 52.5%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Tingha (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $643.

In Tingha (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $160 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,244.