Queanbeyan (C)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 37,991 people in Queanbeyan (C) of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Queanbeyan (C) was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.6% of the population.

Of people in Queanbeyan (C) aged 15 years and over, 47.2% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Queanbeyan (C) was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Queanbeyan (C), of people aged 15 years and over, 47.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Queanbeyan (C) was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Queanbeyan (C) 30.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.9% were in primary school, 22.4% in secondary school and 22.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Queanbeyan (C) were Australian 28.9%, English 25.1%, Irish 8.4%, Scottish 6.4% and Italian 3.6%.

In Queanbeyan (C), 75.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, New Zealand 1.6%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 1.5%, India 1.3% and Italy 1.0%.

In Queanbeyan (C), 60.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Queanbeyan (C) were Catholic 31.4%, Anglican 19.7%, No Religion 19.3%, Eastern Orthodox 4.9% and Uniting Church 3.4%.

In Queanbeyan (C) 81.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Macedonian 2.5%, Italian 1.6%, Serbian 0.7%, Greek 0.7% and Croatian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 21,707 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Queanbeyan (C). Of these 68.5% were employed full time, 22.4% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Queanbeyan (C), 7.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.2% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Queanbeyan (C) included Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.2%, Professionals 19.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Managers 13.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Labourers 7.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Queanbeyan (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Central Government Administration 11.1%, Defence 7.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.0% and School Education 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Queanbeyan (C) was $842.

In Queanbeyan (C), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.9%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Walked only 2.3%, Bus 1.4% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Queanbeyan (C), of people aged 15 years and over, 74.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.0% 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, 16.4% 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 Queanbeyan (C), 30.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Queanbeyan (C), 47.7% were couple families with children, 34.4% were couple families without children and 16.2% were one parent families.

In Queanbeyan (C) 21.8% of single parents were male and 78.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Queanbeyan (C), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,789 and those without children was $2,389.

Employment status of couple families

In Queanbeyan (C), of couple families with children, 34.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 21.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Queanbeyan (C), 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Queanbeyan (C), 67.2% were separate houses, 15.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Queanbeyan (C), of occupied private dwellings 6.6% had 1 bedroom, 22.1% had 2 bedrooms and 34.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Queanbeyan (C), 25.5% were owned outright, 39.7% were owned with a mortgage and 32.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Queanbeyan (C), of all households, 69.5% were family households, 27.5% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Queanbeyan (C), 16.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.9% 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 Queanbeyan (C), 34.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Queanbeyan (C), there were 1,139 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 563 (or 49.4%) were male and 576 (or 50.6%) 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 Queanbeyan (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,415.

In Queanbeyan (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.