Quinns Rocks

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,902 people in Quinns Rocks of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Quinns Rocks was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.2% of the population.

Of people in Quinns Rocks aged 15 years and over, 52.6% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Quinns Rocks was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Quinns Rocks, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Quinns Rocks was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Quinns Rocks 34.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.7% were in primary school, 23.7% in secondary school and 14.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Quinns Rocks were English 37.3%, Australian 23.8%, Irish 7.0%, Scottish 6.6% and Italian 2.1%.

In Quinns Rocks, 55.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 19.3%, New Zealand 4.1%, South Africa 3.5%, Scotland 1.9% and Zimbabwe 1.0%.

In Quinns Rocks, 35.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 49.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Quinns Rocks were No Religion 29.4%, Anglican 25.6%, Catholic 19.3%, Christian, nfd 2.8% and Baptist 2.7%.

In Quinns Rocks 87.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.8%, German 0.4%, Arabic 0.4%, Spanish 0.4% and Italian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 4,527 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Quinns Rocks. Of these 57.9% were employed full time, 29.6% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Quinns Rocks, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Quinns Rocks was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Quinns Rocks included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.0%, Professionals 16.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Labourers 10.4%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Managers 9.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Quinns Rocks, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Metal Ore Mining 3.4%, Building Installation Services 3.3% and Building Completion Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Quinns Rocks was $675.

In Quinns Rocks, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.6%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Train 2.9%, Train, car as driver 2.2% and Other 1.9%. On the day, 9.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Quinns Rocks, 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, 38.2% provided care for children and 7.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.4% 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 Quinns Rocks, 26.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Quinns Rocks, 55.3% were couple families with children, 28.4% were couple families without children and 15.5% were one parent families.

In Quinns Rocks 13.7% of single parents were male and 86.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Quinns Rocks, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,446 and those without children was $2,133.

Employment status of couple families

In Quinns Rocks, of couple families with children, 21.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 23.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Quinns Rocks, 91.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Quinns Rocks, 98.6% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Quinns Rocks, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 3.6% had 2 bedrooms and 26.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Quinns Rocks, 17.5% were owned outright, 49.3% were owned with a mortgage and 30.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Quinns Rocks, of all households, 83.8% were family households, 14.4% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Quinns Rocks, 14.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.1% 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 Quinns Rocks, 28.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Quinns Rocks, there were 184 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 91 (or 49.5%) were male and 93 (or 50.5%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Quinns Rocks, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $989.

In Quinns Rocks, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,500.