QLD Major Urban

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,853,439 people in QLD Major Urban of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in QLD Major Urban was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.3% of the population.

Of people in QLD Major Urban aged 15 years and over, 46.4% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in QLD Major Urban was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In QLD Major Urban, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in QLD Major Urban was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In QLD Major Urban 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.2% were in primary school, 19.5% in secondary school and 23.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in QLD Major Urban were English 27.8%, Australian 25.6%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 7.3% and German 4.1%.

In QLD Major Urban, 69.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.4%, England 4.6%, South Africa 1.0%, India 0.9% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.9%.

In QLD Major Urban, 55.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in QLD Major Urban were Catholic 24.3%, No Religion 23.0%, Anglican 17.8%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In QLD Major Urban 82.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.3%, Cantonese 0.7%, Vietnamese 0.7%, Italian 0.5% and Spanish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,478,920 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in QLD Major Urban. Of these 59.9% were employed full time, 28.4% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in QLD Major Urban, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in QLD Major Urban was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in QLD Major Urban included Professionals 21.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.1%, Managers 11.5%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Labourers 9.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in QLD Major Urban, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, Hospitals 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.3% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in QLD Major Urban was $623.

In QLD Major Urban, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.9%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Bus 4.2%, Walked only 3.1% and Train 3.0%. On the day, 10.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In QLD Major Urban, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.6% provided care for children and 9.9% 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 QLD Major Urban, 27.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in QLD Major Urban, 43.6% were couple families with children, 37.8% were couple families without children and 16.7% were one parent families.

In QLD Major Urban 17.5% of single parents were male and 82.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In QLD Major Urban, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,319 and those without children was $2,088.

Employment status of couple families

In QLD Major Urban, of couple families with children, 24.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 21.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In QLD Major Urban, 91.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in QLD Major Urban, 73.6% were separate houses, 11.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In QLD Major Urban, of occupied private dwellings 4.2% had 1 bedroom, 17.4% had 2 bedrooms and 41.0% 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 QLD Major Urban, 26.5% were owned outright, 35.4% were owned with a mortgage and 35.0% were rented.

Household composition

In QLD Major Urban, of all households, 71.9% were family households, 22.7% were single person households and 5.5% were group households.

In QLD Major Urban, 20.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.2% 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 QLD Major Urban, 36.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In QLD Major Urban, there were 67,953 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 33,127 (or 48.7%) were male and 34,826 (or 51.3%) were female. The median age was 20 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 QLD Major Urban, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,146.

In QLD Major Urban, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $285 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.