Tantanoola Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Tantanoola (5280) is a suburb of South, South East, South Australia. It is about 350 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Tantanoola is in the federal electorate of Barker.

In the 2011 census the population of Tantanoola was 524 and is comprised of approximately 46.8% females and 53.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Tantanoola is 41 years of age.

90.3% of people living in the suburb of Tantanoola were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.4% England, 0.8% New Zealand, 0.8% Wales, 0.8% Netherlands, 0.6% Scotland.

97.3% of people living in Tantanoola speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.6% Thai, 0.6% Other.

The religious makeup of Tantanoola is 26.8% No religion, 23.3% Catholic, 16.6% Uniting Church, 9.6% Anglican, 9.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.7% Christian, nfd, 1.9% Lutheran, 1.7% Other religious affiliation , 1.1% Buddhism.

55.4% of people are married, 27.1% have never married and 10.0% are divorced and 3.4% are separated. There are 17 widowed people living in Tantanoola.

59.6% of the people living in Tantanoola over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.5% are working on a part time basis. Tantanoola has an unemployment rate of 4.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Tantanoola are 18.4% Labourers, 17.2% Technicians & trades workers, 16.1% Managers, 14.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 10.3% Community & personal service workers, 8.0% Professionals, 7.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 5.4% Sales workers, 2.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Tantanoola work in are 20.8% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 18.5% Manufacturing, 10.4% Retail trade, 10.4% Health care and social assistance, 6.9% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.6% Construction, 5.0% Education and training, 4.2% Accommodation and food services, 3.5% Wholesale trade.

38.7% of homes are fully owned, and 47.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 11.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $482 per week and the median household income is $1037 per week.

The median rent in Tantanoola is $60 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $867 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Tantanoola postcode 5280