Turners Beach Demographics (TAS) Local Stats

Turners Beach (7315) is a suburb of Tasmania, North West, Tasmania. It is about 212 kms from TAS's capital city of Hobart. Turners Beach is in the federal electorate of Braddon.

In the 2011 census the population of Turners Beach was 1,595 and is comprised of approximately 50.3% females and 49.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Turners Beach is 40 years of age.

91.4% of people living in the suburb of Turners Beach were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.9% England, 0.8% New Zealand, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% Wales, 0.3% Scotland, 0.3% Canada, 0.3% Malaysia, 0.3% Thailand.

96.4% of people living in Turners Beach speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% Other, 0.2% Thai, 0.2% Cantonese, 0.2% Dutch.

The religious makeup of Turners Beach is 27.0% No religion, 20.9% Anglican, 19.3% Catholic, 8.3% Uniting Church, 8.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.6% Christian, nfd, 3.1% Baptist, 3.0% Pentecostal, 2.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 0.8% Churches of Christ.

57.3% of people are married, 27.4% have never married and 9.0% are divorced and 2.5% are separated. There are 49 widowed people living in Turners Beach.

56.4% of the people living in Turners Beach over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.8% are working on a part time basis. Turners Beach has an unemployment rate of 7.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Turners Beach are 17.3% Professionals, 15.7% Technicians & trades workers, 12.5% Labourers, 12.1% Managers, 12.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.5% Sales workers, 10.5% Community & personal service workers, 8.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Turners Beach work in are 12.3% Retail trade, 11.4% Education and training, 11.3% Construction, 10.5% Manufacturing, 9.3% Health care and social assistance, 7.9% Public administration and safety, 5.3% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.9% Wholesale trade, 4.8% Agriculture, forestry and fishing.

37.8% of homes are fully owned, and 36.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 19.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $556 per week and the median household income is $1109 per week.

The median rent in Turners Beach is $200 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1531 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Turners Beach postcode 7315