Ipswich (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 123,355 people were counted in Ipswich (C): of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Of the total population 3.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Ipswich (C) there were 30,534 children aged 0-14 years and 21,951 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Ipswich (C), 111,021 people were Australian citizens, 18,361 were born overseas and 365 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Ipswich (C), 50.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.9% were separated or divorced, 5.5% were widowed and 31.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Ipswich (C), 80.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Ipswich (C) were England 4.4%, New Zealand 2.9%, Scotland 0.7%, Viet Nam 0.7% and Samoa 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Ipswich (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 22.8%, Anglican 21.5%, No Religion 13.8%, Uniting Church 9.5% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Ipswich (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Samoan 1.2%, Vietnamese 0.9%, Spanish 0.5%, Netherlandic 0.3% and German 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 89.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 55,855 people aged 15 years and over in Ipswich (C) were in the labour force. Of these 60.1% worked full-time, 28.6% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.4% were unemployed. 33,516 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Ipswich (C), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.2%, Professionals 6.1%, Associate Professionals 5.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.4%, Managers and Administrators 2.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Ipswich (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 3.6%, Health Services 3.6%, Business Services 3.4%, Food Retailing 3.4% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Ipswich (C), 32,899 families were counted: of these, 31.3% were couple families without children, 48.3% were couple families with children, 18.8% were one parent families and 1.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Ipswich (C), 43,356 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Ipswich (C), 91.3% were separate houses, 3.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.9% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Ipswich (C), 33.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 33.1% were being purchased and 28.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Ipswich (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 41.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 20.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 36.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Ipswich (C), 74.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 19.7% were single (or lone) person households and 3.0% were group households.