Torquay - Jan Juc

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 13,339 people in Torquay - Jan Juc of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Torquay - Jan Juc was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.4% of the population.

Of people in Torquay - Jan Juc aged 15 years and over, 55.3% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Torquay - Jan Juc was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Torquay - Jan Juc, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Torquay - Jan Juc was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Torquay - Jan Juc 30.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.5% were in primary school, 22.2% in secondary school and 17.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Torquay - Jan Juc were English 30.2%, Australian 29.8%, Irish 10.8%, Scottish 8.4% and German 3.2%.

In Torquay - Jan Juc, 83.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, New Zealand 1.1%, South Africa 0.8%, Scotland 0.7% and United States of America 0.5%.

In Torquay - Jan Juc, 69.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Torquay - Jan Juc were No Religion 32.8%, Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 14.0%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Torquay - Jan Juc 93.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.5%, German 0.4%, French 0.3%, Dutch 0.2% and Greek 0.2%.

Employment

There were 6,831 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Torquay - Jan Juc. Of these 56.0% were employed full time, 33.2% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Torquay - Jan Juc, 13.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Torquay - Jan Juc was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Torquay - Jan Juc included Professionals 27.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.8%, Managers 14.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Labourers 6.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Torquay - Jan Juc, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, Hospitals 4.5%, Residential Building Construction 3.9% and Textile, Clothing and Footwear Wholesaling 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Torquay - Jan Juc was $681.

In Torquay - Jan Juc, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.0%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Walked only 2.7%, Train, car as driver 1.0% and Train 1.0%. On the day, 3.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Torquay - Jan Juc, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.0% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.7% 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 Torquay - Jan Juc, 28.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Torquay - Jan Juc, 50.3% were couple families with children, 36.3% were couple families without children and 12.6% were one parent families.

In Torquay - Jan Juc 15.3% of single parents were male and 84.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Torquay - Jan Juc, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,283 and those without children was $2,177.

Employment status of couple families

In Torquay - Jan Juc, of couple families with children, 18.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 27.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Torquay - Jan Juc, 68.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 32.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Torquay - Jan Juc, 85.9% were separate houses, 7.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Torquay - Jan Juc, of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 11.5% had 2 bedrooms and 50.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Torquay - Jan Juc, 31.5% were owned outright, 40.5% were owned with a mortgage and 25.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Torquay - Jan Juc, of all households, 75.6% were family households, 20.4% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Torquay - Jan Juc, 17.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.0% 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 Torquay - Jan Juc, 29.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Torquay - Jan Juc, there were 70 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 26 (or 37.1%) were male and 44 (or 62.9%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Torquay - Jan Juc, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,292.

In Torquay - Jan Juc, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $379 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.