Fortitude Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,615 people in Fortitude Valley of these 57.1% were male and 42.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Fortitude Valley was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 3.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.9% of the population.

Of people in Fortitude Valley aged 15 years and over, 18.1% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Fortitude Valley was 37 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Fortitude Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 17.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 22.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Fortitude Valley was 37 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Fortitude Valley 31.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 2.6% were in primary school, 2.9% in secondary school and 37.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fortitude Valley were English 21.8%, Australian 15.2%, Irish 10.2%, Scottish 7.0% and Chinese 4.6%.

In Fortitude Valley, 50.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.5%, England 4.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.2%, Ireland 1.8% and Korea, Republic of (South) 1.3%.

In Fortitude Valley, 41.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 46.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fortitude Valley were No Religion 31.7%, Catholic 22.7%, Anglican 8.8%, Buddhism 3.7% and Uniting Church 2.0%.

In Fortitude Valley 65.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.4%, Cantonese 2.2%, Spanish 2.0%, Korean 1.1% and Japanese 1.1%.

Employment

There were 3,749 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fortitude Valley. Of these 72.5% were employed full time, 18.9% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fortitude Valley, 5.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Fortitude Valley was 30 years and for people who were employed part-time was 28 years.

The most common occupations in Fortitude Valley included Professionals 34.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.3%, Managers 14.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.7%, Sales Workers 8.0%, Labourers 5.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in Fortitude Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.3%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 5.8%, Legal and Accounting Services 5.1%, Hospitals 5.0% and Computer System Design and Related Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fortitude Valley was $919.

In Fortitude Valley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 31.9%, Car, as driver 27.9%, Bus 12.3%, Train 7.3% and Car, as passenger 3.3%. On the day, 21.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 31.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fortitude Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 8.2% provided care for children and 4.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.1% 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 Fortitude Valley, 24.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Fortitude Valley, 15.7% were couple families with children, 72.0% were couple families without children and 7.6% were one parent families.

In Fortitude Valley 24.4% of single parents were male and 75.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Fortitude Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,347 and those without children was $2,495.

Employment status of couple families

In Fortitude Valley, of couple families with children, 45.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 16.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fortitude Valley, 89.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fortitude Valley, 4.4% were separate houses, 2.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 92.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Fortitude Valley, of occupied private dwellings 30.6% had 1 bedroom, 45.7% had 2 bedrooms and 12.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1.7. The average household size was 1.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fortitude Valley, 6.7% were owned outright, 20.6% were owned with a mortgage and 70.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Fortitude Valley, of all households, 38.5% were family households, 43.5% were single person households and 18.0% were group households.

In Fortitude Valley, 19.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.1% 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 Fortitude Valley, 49.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 14.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 3.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fortitude Valley, there were 58 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 42 (or 72.4%) were male and 16 (or 27.6%) were female. The median age was 39 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 Fortitude Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $771.

In Fortitude Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,317.