Ipswich

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 48,305 people in Ipswich of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Ipswich was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.0% of the population.

Of people in Ipswich aged 15 years and over, 44.2% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ipswich was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Ipswich, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ipswich was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Ipswich 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.0% were in primary school, 21.2% in secondary school and 17.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ipswich were Australian 31.5%, English 28.4%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 7.6% and German 7.1%.

In Ipswich, 83.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.9%, England 2.6%, Philippines 0.5%, Scotland 0.5% and India 0.4%.

In Ipswich, 72.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ipswich were Catholic 22.7%, No Religion 21.1%, Anglican 18.6%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Ipswich 90.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 0.6%, Tagalog 0.2%, Mandarin 0.2%, German 0.2% and Cantonese 0.1%.

Employment

There were 22,781 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ipswich. Of these 60.3% were employed full time, 26.2% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ipswich, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ipswich was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Ipswich included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.4%, Professionals 14.4%, Labourers 13.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.6%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8% and Managers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in Ipswich, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.5%, Hospitals 4.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Defence 3.7% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ipswich was $557.

In Ipswich, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.9%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Train 4.2%, Walked only 2.6% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 7.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ipswich, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.3% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Ipswich, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ipswich, 42.6% were couple families with children, 34.9% were couple families without children and 20.8% were one parent families.

In Ipswich 18.0% of single parents were male and 82.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ipswich, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,156 and those without children was $1,924.

Employment status of couple families

In Ipswich, of couple families with children, 22.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 19.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ipswich, 91.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ipswich, 88.7% were separate houses, 5.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Ipswich, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 14.5% had 2 bedrooms and 49.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ipswich, 27.0% were owned outright, 33.0% were owned with a mortgage and 37.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Ipswich, of all households, 71.7% were family households, 24.7% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Ipswich, 23.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Ipswich, 37.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ipswich, there were 1,893 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 939 (or 49.6%) were male and 954 (or 50.4%) were female. The median age was 18 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Ipswich, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,005.

In Ipswich, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,625.