Collinsvale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 613 people in Collinsvale of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Collinsvale was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.8% of the population.

Of people in Collinsvale aged 15 years and over, 50.9% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Collinsvale was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Collinsvale, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Collinsvale was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Collinsvale 26.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.9% were in primary school, 19.5% in secondary school and 19.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Collinsvale were Australian 37.1%, English 33.7%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 6.3% and German 2.9%.

In Collinsvale, 87.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.1%, New Zealand 1.3%, Netherlands 0.7%, United States of America 0.7% and Canada 0.5%.

In Collinsvale, 74.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Collinsvale were No Religion 36.9%, Anglican 25.4%, Catholic 14.4%, Uniting Church 3.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0%.

In Collinsvale 97.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.8% and Japanese 0.7%.

Employment

There were 311 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Collinsvale. Of these 56.3% were employed full time, 35.0% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Collinsvale, 11.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Collinsvale was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Collinsvale included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.8%, Professionals 17.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.1%, Labourers 9.8%, Managers 8.8% and Sales Workers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Collinsvale, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 7.4%, School Education 6.1%, Hospitals 4.4%, Building Installation Services 3.0% and Residential Care Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Collinsvale was $572.

In Collinsvale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.5%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Truck 2.4%, Motorbike/scooter 1.4% and Car as driver, bicycle 1.4%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Collinsvale, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.1% provided care for children and 17.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.6% 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 Collinsvale, 31.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Collinsvale, 47.4% were couple families with children, 36.4% were couple families without children and 13.9% were one parent families.

In Collinsvale 28.6% of single parents were male and 71.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Collinsvale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,042 and those without children was $2,229.

Employment status of couple families

In Collinsvale, of couple families with children, 21.3% had both partners employed full-time, 6.7% had both employed part-time and 15.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Collinsvale, 92.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Collinsvale, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Collinsvale, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 13.2% had 2 bedrooms and 57.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Collinsvale, 33.5% were owned outright, 53.4% were owned with a mortgage and 13.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Collinsvale, of all households, 78.4% were family households, 20.3% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Collinsvale, 18.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.1% 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 Collinsvale, 19.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Collinsvale, there were 25 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 36.0%) were male and 16 (or 64.0%) 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 Collinsvale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,625.

In Collinsvale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $347.