East Toowoomba

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,676 people in East Toowoomba of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in East Toowoomba was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.5% of the population.

Of people in East Toowoomba aged 15 years and over, 42.7% were married and 14.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Toowoomba was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In East Toowoomba, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Toowoomba was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In East Toowoomba 35.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.1% were in primary school, 31.7% in secondary school and 18.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Toowoomba were English 29.3%, Australian 27.3%, Irish 11.1%, Scottish 10.1% and German 6.3%.

In East Toowoomba, 83.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, New Zealand 1.5%, South Africa 0.7%, Scotland 0.6% and Philippines 0.4%.

In East Toowoomba, 74.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Toowoomba were Catholic 24.9%, Anglican 24.2%, No Religion 20.0%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

In East Toowoomba 91.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 0.5%, Greek 0.3%, Italian 0.2%, German 0.2% and Filipino 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,687 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Toowoomba. Of these 60.9% were employed full time, 28.2% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Toowoomba, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Toowoomba was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in East Toowoomba included Professionals 33.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Managers 11.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Labourers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in East Toowoomba, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.8%, Hospitals 6.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Tertiary Education 3.4% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Toowoomba was $622.

In East Toowoomba, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.9%, Walked only 9.3%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Bicycle 1.4% and Truck 0.8%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Toowoomba, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.7% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.5% 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 East Toowoomba, 28.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Toowoomba, 39.7% were couple families with children, 38.9% were couple families without children and 19.3% were one parent families.

In East Toowoomba 13.6% of single parents were male and 86.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Toowoomba, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $2,160.

Employment status of couple families

In East Toowoomba, of couple families with children, 25.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 25.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Toowoomba, 86.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Toowoomba, 67.1% were separate houses, 5.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 26.4% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In East Toowoomba, of occupied private dwellings 7.6% had 1 bedroom, 25.0% had 2 bedrooms and 41.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Toowoomba, 28.3% were owned outright, 27.1% were owned with a mortgage and 41.1% were rented.

Household composition

In East Toowoomba, of all households, 58.4% were family households, 37.6% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In East Toowoomba, 27.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.1% 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 East Toowoomba, 42.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Toowoomba, there were 117 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 60 (or 51.3%) were male and 57 (or 48.7%) were female. The median age was 19 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 East Toowoomba, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.1, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $690.

In East Toowoomba, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,762.