Jimboomba

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,600 people in Jimboomba of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Jimboomba was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.5% of the population.

Of people in Jimboomba aged 15 years and over, 53.6% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Jimboomba was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Jimboomba, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Jimboomba was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Jimboomba 33.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.6% were in primary school, 26.0% in secondary school and 11.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Jimboomba were English 31.6%, Australian 29.4%, Scottish 7.6%, Irish 7.2% and German 4.3%.

In Jimboomba, 77.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.4%, New Zealand 4.3%, Netherlands 0.5%, Scotland 0.5% and Germany 0.4%.

In Jimboomba, 63.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Jimboomba were No Religion 23.2%, Anglican 22.7%, Catholic 22.5%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Jimboomba 91.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Mandarin 0.4%, Cantonese 0.4%, Hmong 0.4% and Japanese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,789 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Jimboomba. Of these 62.3% were employed full time, 26.8% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Jimboomba, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Jimboomba was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Jimboomba included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.3%, Labourers 11.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.3%, Professionals 11.2%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Managers 9.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%.

Of the employed people in Jimboomba, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.6%, Road Freight Transport 5.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5% and Building Installation Services 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Jimboomba was $613.

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In Jimboomba, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.3%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Truck 3.5%, Walked only 2.1% and Bus, car as driver 1.3%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Jimboomba, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.8% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.7% 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 Jimboomba, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Jimboomba, 53.0% were couple families with children, 31.4% were couple families without children and 15.1% were one parent families.

In Jimboomba 20.7% of single parents were male and 79.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Jimboomba, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,131 and those without children was $1,916.

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Employment status of couple families

In Jimboomba, of couple families with children, 25.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 25.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Jimboomba, 95.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jimboomba, 96.4% were separate houses, 0.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Jimboomba, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 6.4% had 2 bedrooms and 32.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jimboomba, 22.2% were owned outright, 57.6% were owned with a mortgage and 17.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Jimboomba, of all households, 86.5% were family households, 11.0% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Jimboomba, 14.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.4% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Jimboomba, 22.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Jimboomba, there were 88 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 43 (or 48.9%) were male and 45 (or 51.1%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Jimboomba, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,150.

In Jimboomba, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $390 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.