Regents Park (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,657 people in Regents Park (Qld) of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Regents Park (Qld) was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.0% of the population.

Of people in Regents Park (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 48.6% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Regents Park (Qld) was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Regents Park (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 48.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Regents Park (Qld) was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Regents Park (Qld) 30.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.2% were in primary school, 24.4% in secondary school and 14.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Regents Park (Qld) were English 26.5%, Australian 26.0%, Scottish 6.2%, Irish 6.2% and German 3.8%.

In Regents Park (Qld), 67.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 9.2%, England 3.6%, Philippines 1.5%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9% and South Africa 0.6%.

In Regents Park (Qld), 48.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Regents Park (Qld) were No Religion 24.9%, Catholic 23.1%, Anglican 15.8%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Regents Park (Qld) 80.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 1.3%, Serbian 1.2%, Spanish 1.2%, Mandarin 0.8% and Croatian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 5,572 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Regents Park (Qld). Of these 63.3% were employed full time, 23.9% were employed part-time and 6.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Regents Park (Qld), 8.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Regents Park (Qld) was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Regents Park (Qld) included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.7%, Labourers 12.2%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Professionals 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9% and Managers 8.2%.

Of the employed people in Regents Park (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, School Education 3.7% and Hospitals 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Regents Park (Qld) was $643.

In Regents Park (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.3%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Bus 3.8%, Truck 1.5% and Walked only 1.4%. On the day, 6.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Regents Park (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.2% provided care for children and 9.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.9% 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 Regents Park (Qld), 27.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Regents Park (Qld), 52.7% were couple families with children, 28.1% were couple families without children and 17.9% were one parent families.

In Regents Park (Qld) 16.3% of single parents were male and 83.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Regents Park (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,060 and those without children was $1,871.

Employment status of couple families

In Regents Park (Qld), of couple families with children, 27.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 21.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Regents Park (Qld), 95.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Regents Park (Qld), 99.5% were separate houses, 0.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Regents Park (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 0.2% had 1 bedroom, 0.8% had 2 bedrooms and 47.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Regents Park (Qld), 17.9% were owned outright, 51.5% were owned with a mortgage and 27.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Regents Park (Qld), of all households, 84.9% were family households, 12.3% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Regents Park (Qld), 13.5% 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 Regents Park (Qld), 28.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Regents Park (Qld), there were 236 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 110 (or 46.6%) were male and 126 (or 53.4%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Regents Park (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,658.

In Regents Park (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.