South Toowoomba

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,225 people in South Toowoomba of these 46.8% were male and 53.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.9% of the population.

The median age of people in South Toowoomba was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.8% of the population.

Of people in South Toowoomba aged 15 years and over, 37.7% were married and 15.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Toowoomba was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In South Toowoomba, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Toowoomba was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In South Toowoomba 29.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.3% were in primary school, 21.1% in secondary school and 23.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Toowoomba were Australian 29.8%, English 27.8%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 8.0% and German 7.3%.

In South Toowoomba, 84.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.0%, New Zealand 1.4%, Philippines 0.6%, Papua New Guinea 0.5% and India 0.4%.

In South Toowoomba, 76.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Toowoomba were Catholic 25.6%, No Religion 20.2%, Anglican 18.9%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Christian, nfd 4.1%.

In South Toowoomba 90.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 0.5%, Italian 0.2%, Cantonese 0.2%, Tagalog 0.2% and Dinka 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,567 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Toowoomba. Of these 58.6% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Toowoomba, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Toowoomba was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in South Toowoomba included Professionals 19.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Labourers 13.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Managers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in South Toowoomba, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Hospitals 5.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, Tertiary Education 3.1% and Other Social Assistance Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Toowoomba was $547.

In South Toowoomba, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.2%, Car, as passenger 8.3%, Walked only 5.7%, Bicycle 1.2% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 0.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Toowoomba, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.2% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.5% 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 South Toowoomba, 28.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Toowoomba, 34.6% were couple families with children, 39.8% were couple families without children and 22.7% were one parent families.

In South Toowoomba 15.6% of single parents were male and 84.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Toowoomba, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,970 and those without children was $1,827.

Employment status of couple families

In South Toowoomba, of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Toowoomba, 91.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Toowoomba, 75.8% were separate houses, 9.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In South Toowoomba, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 28.6% had 2 bedrooms and 50.2% 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 South Toowoomba, 23.7% were owned outright, 31.2% were owned with a mortgage and 41.6% were rented.

Household composition

In South Toowoomba, of all households, 59.6% were family households, 35.6% were single person households and 4.8% were group households.

In South Toowoomba, 30.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% 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 South Toowoomba, 44.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Toowoomba, there were 255 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 107 (or 42.0%) were male and 148 (or 58.0%) were female. The median age was 15 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 South Toowoomba, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $929.

In South Toowoomba, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,994.