Toowoomba

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 104,674 people were counted in Toowoomba: of these 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Of the total population 2.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Toowoomba there were 23,379 children aged 0-14 years and 22,172 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Toowoomba, 97,407 people were Australian citizens, 8,923 were born overseas and 628 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Toowoomba, 51.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.2% were separated or divorced, 6.7% were widowed and 32.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Toowoomba, 87.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Toowoomba were England 2.3%, New Zealand 1.3%, Scotland 0.4%, Netherlands 0.3% and South Africa 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Toowoomba on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 26.9%, Anglican 24.4%, No Religion 9.2%, Uniting Church 8.4% and Lutheran 5.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in Toowoomba, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Mandarin 0.3%, Cantonese 0.2%, German 0.2%, Italian 0.1% and Netherlandic 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 48,881 people aged 15 years and over in Toowoomba were in the labour force. Of these 58.8% worked full-time, 31.2% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.3% were unemployed. 29,609 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Toowoomba, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 9.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.4%, Associate Professionals 6.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.1%, Managers and Administrators 3.6% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Toowoomba, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 5.9%, Health Services 5.2%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.1%, Food Retailing 3.4% and Business Services 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Toowoomba, 27,175 families were counted: of these, 36.3% were couple families without children, 45.9% were couple families with children, 15.7% were one parent families and 2.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Toowoomba, 38,751 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Toowoomba, 84.0% were separate houses, 3.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Toowoomba, 37.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 27.7% were being purchased and 29.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Toowoomba, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 49.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 10.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 38.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Toowoomba, 69.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.0% were single (or lone) person households and 4.3% were group households.