Tom Price

2016 Census All persons QuickStats
Geography type State Suburbs
Area code SSC51443
People 3,005
Male 54.3%
Female 45.7%
Median age 31
Families 686
Average children per family  null
for families with children 2
for all households (a) 1
All private dwellings 1,401
Average people per household 2.8
Median weekly household income $2,490
Median monthly mortgage repayments $737
Median weekly rent $46
Average motor vehicles per dwelling 1.9

(a) This label has been updated to more accurately reflect the Census concept shown in this data item. The data has not changed.

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People

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Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

People
Persons count based on place of usual residence on Census night
Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Male 1,632 54.3 1,238,419 50.0 11,546,638 49.3
Female 1,376 45.7 1,235,994 50.0 11,855,248 50.7
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 291 9.7 75,978 3.1 649,171 2.8

In the 2016 Census, there were 3,005 people in Tom Price. Of these 54.3% were male and 45.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.7% of the population.

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Age Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Median age 31 -- 36 -- 38 --
0-4 years 396 13.2 161,727 6.5 1,464,779 6.3
5-9 years 310 10.3 164,153 6.6 1,502,646 6.4
10-14 years 216 7.2 150,806 6.1 1,397,183 6.0
15-19 years 119 4.0 149,997 6.1 1,421,595 6.1
20-24 years 118 3.9 160,332 6.5 1,566,793 6.7
25-29 years 275 9.2 184,908 7.5 1,664,602 7.1
30-34 years 368 12.3 194,267 7.9 1,703,847 7.3
35-39 years 353 11.8 173,041 7.0 1,561,679 6.7
40-44 years 248 8.3 171,996 7.0 1,583,257 6.8
45-49 years 184 6.1 172,520 7.0 1,581,455 6.8
50-54 years 156 5.2 162,438 6.6 1,523,551 6.5
55-59 years 133 4.4 149,899 6.1 1,454,332 6.2
60-64 years 87 2.9 132,145 5.3 1,299,397 5.6
65-69 years 29 1.0 116,755 4.7 1,188,999 5.1
70-74 years 7 0.2 82,911 3.4 887,716 3.8
75-79 years 3 0.1 61,509 2.5 652,657 2.8
80-84 years 0 0.0 42,590 1.7 460,549 2.0
85 years and over 0 0.0 42,420 1.7 486,842 2.1

The median age of people in Tom Price was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 30.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 1.3% of the population.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Married 1,130 54.5 975,062 48.8 9,148,218 48.1
Separated 54 2.6 63,205 3.2 608,059 3.2
Divorced 131 6.3 167,361 8.4 1,626,890 8.5
Widowed 9 0.4 88,619 4.4 985,204 5.2
Never married 750 36.2 703,482 35.2 6,668,910 35.0

Of people in Tom Price aged 15 years and over, 54.5% were married and 9.3% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 878 53.4 835,938 48.4 8,001,141 47.7
De facto marriage 327 19.9 201,709 11.7 1,751,731 10.4
Not married 440 26.7 688,868 39.9 7,024,973 41.9

In Tom Price, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.9% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Preschool 79 7.8 30,247 3.9 347,621 4.8
Primary - Government 350 34.7 144,988 18.9 1,314,787 18.2
Primary - Catholic 0 0.0 36,865 4.8 380,604 5.3
Primary - other non Government 4 0.4 28,046 3.7 231,490 3.2
Secondary - Government 163 16.1 88,176 11.5 827,505 11.5
Secondary - Catholic 0 0.0 34,065 4.4 338,384 4.7
Secondary - other non Government 3 0.3 34,773 4.5 280,618 3.9
Technical or further education institution 51 5.0 46,835 6.1 424,869 5.9
University or tertiary institution 49 4.9 106,811 13.9 1,160,626 16.1
Other 13 1.3 18,547 2.4 198,383 2.8
Not stated 298 29.5 197,644 25.8 1,707,023 23.7

In Tom Price 33.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.4% were in primary school, 16.4% in secondary school and 9.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 265 12.7 410,272 20.5 4,181,406 22.0
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 143 6.9 177,631 8.9 1,687,893 8.9
Certificate level IV 108 5.2 62,656 3.1 551,767 2.9
Certificate level III 562 27.0 279,448 14.0 2,442,203 12.8
Year 12 276 13.3 318,674 16.0 2,994,097 15.7
Year 11 132 6.3 107,858 5.4 941,531 4.9
Year 10 237 11.4 235,001 11.8 2,054,331 10.8
Certificate level II 0 0.0 940 0.0 13,454 0.1
Certificate level I 0 0.0 209 0.0 2,176 0.0
Year 9 or below 68 3.3 117,996 5.9 1,529,897 8.0
No educational attainment 0 0.0 10,572 0.5 145,844 0.8
Not stated 254 12.2 220,701 11.0 1,974,794 10.4

Of people aged 15 and over in Tom Price, 13.3% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 32.0% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 6.9% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Ancestry, top responses Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Australian 1,415 34.7 760,032 22.8 7,298,243 23.3
English 984 24.1 931,150 27.9 7,852,224 25.0
Irish 310 7.6 224,372 6.7 2,388,058 7.6
Scottish 256 6.3 214,154 6.4 2,023,470 6.4
Maori 106 2.6 27,451 0.8 142,107 0.5

The most common ancestries in Tom Price were Australian 34.7%, English 24.1%, Irish 7.6%, Scottish 6.3% and Maori 2.6%.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Tom Price (including those who did not state an ancestry).

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Country of birth Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Australia 2,144 71.6 1,492,842 60.3 15,614,835 66.7
Other top responses:  null  null  null  null  null  null
New Zealand 215 7.2 79,221 3.2 518,466 2.2
England 76 2.5 194,163 7.8 907,570 3.9
Philippines 43 1.4 30,835 1.2 232,386 1.0
Ireland 21 0.7 18,036 0.7 74,888 0.3
Thailand 18 0.6 7,806 0.3 66,229 0.3

In Tom Price, 71.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 7.2%, England 2.5%, Philippines 1.4%, Ireland 0.7% and Thailand 0.6%.

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Country of birth of father and/or mother, stated responses Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Both parents born overseas 684 22.8 1,001,150 40.5 8,051,196 34.4
Father only born overseas 175 5.8 184,890 7.5 1,488,092 6.4
Mother only born overseas 203 6.8 144,217 5.8 1,094,591 4.7
Both parents born in Australia 1,632 54.4 947,977 38.3 11,070,538 47.3

In Tom Price, 54.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

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Country of birth of father, stated responses Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Australia 1,856 62.2 1,097,468 44.4 12,231,150 52.3
New Zealand 272 9.1 97,382 3.9 617,331 2.6
England 161 5.4 276,956 11.2 1,403,096 6.0
Philippines 43 1.4 33,259 1.3 270,177 1.2
Scotland 38 1.3 50,380 2.0 276,038 1.2

In Tom Price, the most common countries of birth for male parents were Australia 62.2%, New Zealand 9.1%, England 5.4%, Philippines 1.4% and Scotland 1.3%.

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Country of birth of mother, stated responses Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Australia 1,830 61.4 1,140,417 46.1 12,643,365 54.0
New Zealand 268 9.0 94,116 3.8 608,329 2.6
England 163 5.5 265,520 10.7 1,302,147 5.6
Philippines 51 1.7 38,495 1.6 325,049 1.4
Ireland 37 1.2 31,226 1.3 147,423 0.6

In Tom Price, the most common countries of birth for female parents were Australia 61.4%, New Zealand 9.0%, England 5.5%, Philippines 1.7% and Ireland 1.2%.

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Religious affiliation, top responses Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
No Religion, so described 1,211 40.2 804,268 32.5 6,933,708 29.6
Catholic 650 21.6 530,361 21.4 5,291,834 22.6
Anglican 386 12.8 354,790 14.3 3,101,185 13.3
Not stated 339 11.3 255,987 10.3 2,238,735 9.6
Christian, nfd 91 3.0 83,670 3.4 612,371 2.6

The most common responses for religion in Tom Price were No Religion, so described 40.2%, Catholic 21.6%, Anglican 12.8%, Not stated 11.3% and Christian, nfd 3.0%. In Tom Price, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (51.2%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

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Language, top responses (other than English) Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Filipino 21 0.7 10,317 0.4 71,220 0.3
Maori (New Zealand) 19 0.6 2,859 0.1 11,747 0.1
Thai 16 0.5 6,403 0.3 55,444 0.2
German 14 0.5 9,320 0.4 79,353 0.3
Tagalog 13 0.4 15,268 0.6 111,273 0.5
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English only spoken at home 2,531 83.9 1,861,041 75.2 17,020,417 72.7
Households where a non English language is spoken 101 9.3 181,998 19.4 1,971,011 22.2

In Tom Price 83.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Filipino 0.7%, Maori (New Zealand) 0.6%, Thai 0.5%, German 0.5% and Tagalog 0.4%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 1,095 69.0 715,287 57.0 6,623,065 57.7
Worked part-time 269 16.9 376,590 30.0 3,491,503 30.4
Away from work 160 10.1 65,859 5.2 569,276 5.0
Unemployed 64 4.0 97,966 7.8 787,452 6.9

There were 1,588 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Tom Price. Of these 69.0% were employed full time, 16.9% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Employment - hours worked
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
1-15 hours per week 94 6.2 138,263 11.9 1,218,823 11.4
16-24 hours per week 94 6.2 114,814 9.9 1,079,236 10.1
25-34 hours per week 81 5.3 123,517 10.7 1,193,445 11.2
35-39 hours per week 113 7.4 198,785 17.2 2,031,263 19.0
40 hours or more per week 979 64.1 516,501 44.6 4,591,801 43.0

Of employed people in Tom Price, 6.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 64.1% worked 40 hours or more.

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Occupation
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Technicians and Trades Workers 423 27.8 187,396 16.2 1,447,414 13.5
Machinery Operators and Drivers 375 24.6 86,392 7.5 670,106 6.3
Professionals 174 11.4 237,230 20.5 2,370,966 22.2
Clerical and Administrative Workers 147 9.6 150,408 13.0 1,449,681 13.6
Managers 143 9.4 139,350 12.0 1,390,047 13.0
Community and Personal Service Workers 101 6.6 122,889 10.6 1,157,003 10.8
Labourers 85 5.6 112,599 9.7 1,011,520 9.5
Sales Workers 52 3.4 102,337 8.8 1,000,955 9.4

The most common occupations in Tom Price included Technicians and Trades Workers 27.8%, Machinery Operators and Drivers 24.6%, Professionals 11.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.6%, Managers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.6%, Labourers 5.6% and Sales Workers 3.4%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Iron Ore Mining 748 50.9 28,510 2.5 33,163 0.3
Local Government Administration 70 4.8 16,526 1.4 142,724 1.3
Primary Education 70 4.8 29,683 2.6 231,198 2.2
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 50 3.4 28,080 2.4 254,275 2.4
Secondary Education 46 3.1 20,488 1.8 177,487 1.7

Of the employed people in Tom Price, the most common responses for industry of employment included Iron Ore Mining 50.9%, Local Government Administration 4.8%, Primary Education 4.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4% and Secondary Education 3.1%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Personal 1,614 -- 724 -- 662 --
Family 2,965 -- 1,910 -- 1,734 --
Household 2,490 -- 1,595 -- 1,438 --

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Tom Price was $1,614.

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Travel to work, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Car, as driver 720 47.3 733,030 63.3 6,574,571 61.5
Bus 322 21.2 44,742 3.9 323,201 3.0
Car, as passenger 76 5.0 56,173 4.9 489,922 4.6
Walked only 69 4.5 31,914 2.8 370,427 3.5
Bicycle 22 1.4 11,730 1.0 107,756 1.0
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People who travelled to work by public transport 326 21.4 106,764 9.2 1,225,668 11.5
People who travelled to work by car as driver or passenger 804 52.7 815,077 70.4 7,305,271 68.4

In Tom Price, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 47.3%, Bus 21.2%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Walked only 4.5% and Bicycle 1.4%. On the day, 21.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 52.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 1,467 70.4 1,387,280 69.4 13,143,914 69.0
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 864 41.4 568,406 28.5 5,259,400 27.6
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 121 5.8 196,328 9.8 2,145,203 11.3
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 577 27.7 379,578 19.0 3,620,726 19.0

In Tom Price, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 41.4% provided care for children and 5.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.7% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Unpaid domestic work, number of hours
People aged 15 years and over
Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Less than 5 hours per week 447 21.4 447,726 22.4 4,298,593 22.6
5 to 14 hours per week 578 27.7 521,733 26.1 4,944,578 26.0
15 to 29 hours per week 208 10.0 228,248 11.4 2,189,776 11.5
30 hours or more per week 239 11.4 189,571 9.5 1,710,970 9.0

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Tom Price, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

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Families

family composition | employment status of couple families

Family composition

Family composition Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Couple family without children 208 30.0 247,841 38.5 2,291,987 37.8
Couple family with children 419 60.5 292,133 45.3 2,716,224 44.7
One parent family 59 8.5 93,344 14.5 959,543 15.8
Other family 7 1.0 10,869 1.7 102,559 1.7

Of the families in Tom Price, 60.5% were couple families with children, 30.0% were couple families without children and 8.5% were one parent families.

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Single (or lone) parents
Proportion of the total single (or lone) parent population
Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Male -- 43.4 -- 18.3 -- 18.2
Female -- 56.6 -- 81.7 -- 81.8

In Tom Price, 43.4% of single parents were male and 56.6% were female.

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Employment status of couple families

Employment status of couple families
Labour force, parents or partners aged 15 years and over
Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Both employed, worked full-time 186 29.7 106,951 19.8 1,084,006 21.6
Both employed, worked part-time 14 2.2 22,177 4.1 203,596 4.1
One employed full-time, one part-time 135 21.6 119,913 22.2 1,086,460 21.7
One employed full-time, other not working 152 24.3 88,558 16.4 749,886 15.0
One employed part-time, other not working 20 3.2 31,917 5.9 302,037 6.0
Both not working 5 0.8 93,686 17.4 1,006,697 20.1
Other (includes away from work) 66 10.5 29,973 5.6 264,145 5.3
Labour force status not stated (by one or both parents in a couple family) 48 7.7 46,793 8.7 311,381 6.2

In Tom Price, of couple families with children, 29.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 21.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Dwellings

dwelling structure | household composition | mortgage & rent | number of motor vehicles | internet connection

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling count Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Occupied private dwellings 889 73.9 866,767 86.7 8,286,073 88.8
Unoccupied private dwellings 314 26.1 132,874 13.3 1,039,874 11.2

In Tom Price, 73.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.1% were unoccupied.

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Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings
Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Separate house 833 93.7 685,824 79.1 6,041,788 72.9
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 28 3.1 122,562 14.1 1,055,016 12.7
Flat or apartment 25 2.8 49,086 5.7 1,087,434 13.1
Other dwelling 3 0.3 6,314 0.7 64,425 0.8

Of occupied private dwellings in Tom Price, 93.7% were separate houses, 3.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.8% were flats or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

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Number of bedrooms
Occupied private dwellings
Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
None (includes bedsitters) 0 0.0 2,452 0.3 39,769 0.5
1 bedroom 21 2.3 30,043 3.5 411,252 5.0
2 bedrooms 50 5.6 107,035 12.3 1,562,759 18.9
3 bedrooms 644 72.0 327,662 37.8 3,403,190 41.1
4 or more bedrooms 167 18.7 381,319 44.0 2,670,758 32.2
Number of bedrooms not stated 12 1.3 18,272 2.1 198,351 2.4
Average number of bedrooms per dwelling 3.1 -- 3.3 -- 3.1 --
Average number of people per household 2.8 -- 2.6 -- 2.6 --

In Tom Price, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 5.6% had 2 bedrooms and 72.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.8 people.

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Tenure
Occupied private dwellings
Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Owned outright 50 5.5 247,050 28.5 2,565,695 31.0
Owned with a mortgage 18 2.0 344,014 39.7 2,855,222 34.5
Rented 816 90.5 245,705 28.3 2,561,302 30.9
Other tenure type 8 0.9 9,181 1.1 78,994 1.0
Tenure type not stated 10 1.1 20,823 2.4 224,869 2.7

Of occupied private dwellings in Tom Price, 5.5% were owned outright, 2.0% were owned with a mortgage and 90.5% were rented.

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Household composition

Household composition Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Family households 682 75.9 629,882 72.7 5,907,625 71.3
Single (or lone) person households 202 22.5 204,202 23.6 2,023,542 24.4
Group households 14 1.6 32,692 3.8 354,917 4.3

In Tom Price, of all households, 75.9% were family households, 22.5% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

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Household income Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Less than $650 gross weekly income -- 3.2 -- 18.3 -- 20.0
More than $3,000 gross weekly income -- 40.6 -- 19.2 -- 16.4

In Tom Price, 3.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 40.6% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

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Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Rent weekly payments Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Median rent 46 -- 347 -- 335 --
Households where rent payments are less than 30% of household income -- 96.7 -- 90.3 -- 88.5
Households with rent payments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 3.3 -- 9.7 -- 11.5

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and 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.

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Mortgage monthly repayments Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Median mortgage repayments 737 -- 1,993 -- 1,755 --
Households where mortgage repayments are less than 30% of household income -- 99.5 -- 91.4 -- 92.8
Households with mortgage repayments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 0.5 -- 8.6 -- 7.2

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and 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.

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Number of motor vehicles

Number of registered motor vehicles Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
None 13 1.5 42,620 4.9 623,829 7.5
1 motor vehicle 324 36.3 274,198 31.6 2,881,485 34.8
2 motor vehicles 371 41.6 337,355 38.9 2,999,184 36.2
3 or more vehicles 163 18.3 186,678 21.5 1,496,382 18.1
Number of motor vehicles not stated 21 2.4 25,934 3.0 285,197 3.4

In Tom Price, 36.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

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Internet connection

Dwelling internet connection Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Internet not accessed from dwelling 58 6.5 108,489 12.5 1,172,415 14.1
Internet accessed from dwelling 820 91.6 737,659 85.1 6,892,165 83.2
Not stated 17 1.9 20,625 2.4 221,494 2.7

In Tom Price, 91.6% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

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Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people

selected people & dwelling characteristics

People characteristics

People characteristics
Count based on place of usual residence on Census night.
Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Male 153 52.4 38,027 50.0 322,171 49.6
Female 139 47.6 37,959 50.0 326,996 50.4
Median age 22 -- 23 -- 23 --

In Tom Price, 52.4% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 47.6% were female. The median age was 22 years.

View the data quality statements for: Place of Usual Residence (PURP) Indigenous status (INGP)

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.

Dwelling characteristics
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 3.4 -- 3.3 -- 3.2 --
Average number of persons per bedroom 1 -- 1 -- 1 --
Median weekly household income 2,277 -- 1,210 -- 1,203 --

In Tom Price, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4 persons, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,277.

View the data quality statements for: Number of Bedrooms in Private Dwelling (BEDD) Household composition (HHCD) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)

Mortgage and rent
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Tom Price % Tom Price Western Australia % Western Australia Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 32 -- 216 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 795 -- 1,830 -- 1,660 --

In Tom Price, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $32 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $795.

View the data quality statements for: Rent weekly payments (RNTD) Mortgage monthly repayments (MRED) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)

Small random adjustments have been made to all cell values to protect the confidentiality of data. These adjustments may cause the sum of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from the table totals. For further information, go to the User Guide for QuickStats.

Data reported for Australia and Other Territories now includes Norfolk Island, following an amendment to the Acts Interpretation Act, 1901. Because Norfolk Island has not previously been included in the Census, any 2011 benchmarks will not include Norfolk Island.