Toowoomba City

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,200 people in Toowoomba City of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Toowoomba City was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.2% of the population.

Of people in Toowoomba City aged 15 years and over, 27.7% were married and 19.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Toowoomba City was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Toowoomba City, of people aged 15 years and over, 28.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Toowoomba City was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Toowoomba City 30.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.9% were in primary school, 14.9% in secondary school and 23.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Toowoomba City were English 28.3%, Australian 25.3%, Irish 11.8%, Scottish 7.3% and German 6.2%.

In Toowoomba City, 76.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, New Zealand 1.6%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.9%, India 0.7% and United States of America 0.7%.

In Toowoomba City, 69.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Toowoomba City were Catholic 23.7%, No Religion 19.0%, Anglican 18.6%, Christian, nfd 4.4% and Uniting Church 4.2%.

In Toowoomba City 83.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 0.9%, Mandarin 0.9%, Italian 0.6%, Arabic 0.5% and French 0.4%.

Employment

There were 992 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Toowoomba City. Of these 59.6% were employed full time, 27.8% were employed part-time and 7.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Toowoomba City, 9.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Toowoomba City was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Toowoomba City included Professionals 20.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.7%, Labourers 13.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.4%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Managers 9.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Toowoomba City, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.6%, School Education 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.4% and Tertiary Education 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Toowoomba City was $498.

In Toowoomba City, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.6%, Walked only 19.1%, Car, as passenger 8.0%, Bicycle 2.0% and Truck 1.4%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Toowoomba City, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.2% provided care for children and 8.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.3% 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 Toowoomba City, 21.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Toowoomba City, 29.5% were couple families with children, 37.8% were couple families without children and 27.7% were one parent families.

In Toowoomba City 18.3% of single parents were male and 81.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Toowoomba City, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,279 and those without children was $1,513.

Employment status of couple families

In Toowoomba City, of couple families with children, 25.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 18.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Toowoomba City, 88.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Toowoomba City, 52.5% were separate houses, 5.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 41.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Toowoomba City, of occupied private dwellings 13.8% had 1 bedroom, 36.0% had 2 bedrooms and 31.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Toowoomba City, 17.2% were owned outright, 18.3% were owned with a mortgage and 58.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Toowoomba City, of all households, 46.7% were family households, 46.0% were single person households and 7.3% were group households.

In Toowoomba City, 38.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Toowoomba City, 45.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 19.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Toowoomba City, there were 106 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 50 (or 47.2%) were male and 56 (or 52.8%) 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 Toowoomba City, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $640.

In Toowoomba City, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,765.