Toowong

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 13,624 people were counted in Toowong: of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Toowong there were 1,516 children aged 0-14 years and 2,282 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Toowong, 11,395 people were Australian citizens, 3,318 were born overseas and 493 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Toowong, 33.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.3% were separated or divorced, 4.3% were widowed and 54.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Toowong, 71.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Toowong were England 3.8%, New Zealand 3.0%, Singapore 1.2%, Taiwan 1.2% and China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 1.1%.

Of all people counted in Toowong on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.6%, No Religion 20.7%, Anglican 17.6%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Toowong, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Mandarin 3.2%, Cantonese 1.4%, Japanese 0.7%, Spanish 0.6% and German 0.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 82.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 8,066 people aged 15 years and over in Toowong were in the labour force. Of these 57.3% worked full-time, 32.8% worked part-time, 1.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.3% were unemployed. 3,616 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Toowong, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 22.5%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.2%, Associate Professionals 7.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.9%, Managers and Administrators 4.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 3.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.4%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.2% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Toowong, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 11.5%, Education 6.9%, Health Services 5.2%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 4.4% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Toowong, 2,731 families were counted: of these, 45.2% were couple families without children, 33.1% were couple families with children, 12.6% were one parent families and 9.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Toowong, 5,920 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Toowong, 42.0% were separate houses, 4.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 53.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Toowong, 28.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 16.1% were being purchased and 49.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Toowong, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 59.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 38.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Toowong, 46.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 30.2% were single (or lone) person households and 17.9% were group households.