Toowoomba

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 88,776 people were counted in Toowoomba: of these 47.1% were male and 52.9% were female. Of the total population 3.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Toowoomba there were 19,018 children aged 0-14 years and 19,693 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Toowoomba, 82,297 people were Australian citizens, 7,714 were born overseas and 562 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Toowoomba, 48.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.7% were separated or divorced, 7.4% were widowed and 33.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Toowoomba, 86.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Toowoomba were England 2.2%, New Zealand 1.3%, Scotland 0.4%, South Africa 0.3% and Netherlands 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Toowoomba on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.4%, Anglican 24.3%, No Religion 9.2%, Uniting Church 8.3% and Lutheran 5.0%.

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 93.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 40,920 people aged 15 years and over in Toowoomba were in the labour force. Of these 58.2% worked full-time, 31.4% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.8% were unemployed. 26,227 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Toowoomba, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 9.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.1%, Associate Professionals 6.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.9%, Managers and Administrators 3.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.6%.

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 5.8%, Health Services 5.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.1%, Business Services 3.4% and Food Retailing 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Toowoomba, 22,664 families were counted: of these, 36.9% were couple families without children, 43.6% were couple families with children, 17.2% were one parent families and 2.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Toowoomba, 33,571 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Toowoomba, 81.8% were separate houses, 4.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Toowoomba, 37.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 25.3% were being purchased and 32.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Toowoomba, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 50.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 10.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 38.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Toowoomba, 67.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 26.1% were single (or lone) person households and 4.7% were group households.