Ipswich West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 49,360 people in Ipswich West of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Ipswich West was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in Ipswich West aged 15 years and over, 48.0% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ipswich West was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Ipswich West, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ipswich West was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Ipswich West 29.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.6% were in primary school, 22.1% in secondary school and 14.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ipswich West were Australian 31.7%, English 29.5%, German 8.0%, Irish 7.5% and Scottish 7.2%.

In Ipswich West, 83.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, New Zealand 2.7%, Scotland 0.5%, Netherlands 0.4% and Philippines 0.4%.

In Ipswich West, 72.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ipswich West were No Religion 21.1%, Catholic 21.0%, Anglican 20.0%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Lutheran 4.6%.

In Ipswich West 92.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.2%, Dutch 0.2%, Samoan 0.2%, Mandarin 0.2% and Tagalog 0.1%.

Employment

There were 23,191 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ipswich West. Of these 60.9% were employed full time, 26.5% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ipswich West, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ipswich West was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Ipswich West included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.8%, Professionals 13.6%, Labourers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Managers 9.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.7% and Sales Workers 9.1%.

Of the employed people in Ipswich West, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.3%, Hospitals 3.8%, Defence 3.4%, Road Freight Transport 3.3% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ipswich West was $553.

In Ipswich West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.6%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Truck 2.2%, Walked only 2.1% and Train 1.9%. On the day, 4.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ipswich West, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.2% 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, 18.4% 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 West, 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ipswich West, 44.6% were couple families with children, 36.0% were couple families without children and 18.0% were one parent families.

In Ipswich West 18.7% of single parents were male and 81.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ipswich West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,147 and those without children was $1,891.

Employment status of couple families

In Ipswich West, of couple families with children, 22.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 20.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ipswich West, 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ipswich West, 92.7% were separate houses, 4.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.3% were other dwellings.

In Ipswich West, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 10.3% had 2 bedrooms and 45.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ipswich West, 28.9% were owned outright, 38.8% were owned with a mortgage and 29.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Ipswich West, of all households, 76.4% were family households, 20.6% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Ipswich West, 23.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.9% 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 West, 31.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ipswich West, there were 1,912 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 1,004 (or 52.5%) were male and 908 (or 47.5%) 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 West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,074.

In Ipswich West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,846.