Brisbane City

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,888 people in Brisbane City of these 53.5% were male and 46.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Brisbane City was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 4.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.1% of the population.

Of people in Brisbane City aged 15 years and over, 32.8% were married and 8.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Brisbane City was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Brisbane City, of people aged 15 years and over, 31.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Brisbane City was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Brisbane City 42.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 2.5% were in primary school, 3.0% in secondary school and 43.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Brisbane City were English 18.0%, Australian 11.3%, Chinese 9.8%, Irish 7.0% and Korean 5.8%.

In Brisbane City, 33.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Korea, Republic of (South) 6.6%, England 4.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.9%, Taiwan 3.3% and New Zealand 2.5%.

In Brisbane City, 28.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 63.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Brisbane City were No Religion 27.3%, Catholic 20.0%, Anglican 8.6%, Buddhism 5.6% and Islam 3.0%.

In Brisbane City 47.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 7.8%, Korean 6.3%, Cantonese 2.2%, Spanish 1.8% and Arabic 1.8%.

Employment

There were 4,542 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Brisbane City. Of these 65.8% were employed full time, 23.3% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Brisbane City, 8.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Brisbane City was 33 years and for people who were employed part-time was 28 years.

The most common occupations in Brisbane City included Professionals 36.8%, Managers 16.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.1%, Labourers 6.5%, Sales Workers 6.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.2%.

Of the employed people in Brisbane City, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.2%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 6.7%, Legal and Accounting Services 5.9%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.7% and State Government Administration 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Brisbane City was $859.

In Brisbane City, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 47.0%, Car, as driver 21.3%, Bus 8.1%, Train 3.3% and Car, as passenger 3.1%. On the day, 13.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 24.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Brisbane City, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 8.5% provided care for children and 4.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.4% 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 Brisbane City, 21.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 5.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Brisbane City, 18.8% were couple families with children, 67.3% were couple families without children and 7.3% were one parent families.

In Brisbane City 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Brisbane City, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,187 and those without children was $2,889.

Employment status of couple families

In Brisbane City, of couple families with children, 33.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 13.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Brisbane City, 83.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brisbane City, 0.1% were separate houses, 0.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 98.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Brisbane City, of occupied private dwellings 21.5% had 1 bedroom, 50.9% had 2 bedrooms and 19.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Brisbane City, 16.8% were owned outright, 23.6% were owned with a mortgage and 54.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Brisbane City, of all households, 49.5% were family households, 35.8% were single person households and 14.8% were group households.

In Brisbane City, 17.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.7% 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 Brisbane City, 47.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 11.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 2.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Brisbane City, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 53.6%) were male and 13 (or 46.4%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Brisbane City, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Brisbane City, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $450 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,955.