Queanbeyan East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,765 people in Queanbeyan East of these 52.3% were male and 47.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Queanbeyan East was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.5% of the population.

Of people in Queanbeyan East aged 15 years and over, 36.3% were married and 15.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Queanbeyan East was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Queanbeyan East, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Queanbeyan East was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Queanbeyan East 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.9% were in primary school, 11.6% in secondary school and 31.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Queanbeyan East were Australian 25.0%, English 23.9%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 6.3% and German 3.7%.

In Queanbeyan East, 67.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 4.3%, England 2.6%, New Zealand 2.1%, Philippines 1.7% and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 1.2%.

In Queanbeyan East, 54.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Queanbeyan East were Catholic 27.4%, No Religion 20.0%, Anglican 15.8%, Eastern Orthodox 3.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Queanbeyan East 73.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Macedonian 2.1%, Punjabi 1.6%, Hindi 1.5%, Gujarati 1.1% and Tagalog 0.9%.

Employment

There were 2,287 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Queanbeyan East. Of these 71.3% were employed full time, 19.8% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Queanbeyan East, 6.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Queanbeyan East was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Queanbeyan East included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.7%, Professionals 18.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Managers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Labourers 9.3%, Sales Workers 8.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Queanbeyan East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Central Government Administration 10.8%, Defence 7.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.4% and Hospitals 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Queanbeyan East was $814.

In Queanbeyan East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.3%, Car, as passenger 7.4%, Walked only 4.9%, Bus 2.2% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 3.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Queanbeyan East, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.7% provided care for children and 8.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.0% 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 East, 29.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Queanbeyan East, 34.6% were couple families with children, 44.5% were couple families without children and 17.3% were one parent families.

In Queanbeyan East 19.0% of single parents were male and 81.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Queanbeyan East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,243 and those without children was $2,254.

Employment status of couple families

In Queanbeyan East, of couple families with children, 35.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 18.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Queanbeyan East, 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Queanbeyan East, 32.0% were separate houses, 26.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 41.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Queanbeyan East, of occupied private dwellings 16.1% had 1 bedroom, 43.2% had 2 bedrooms and 25.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Queanbeyan East, 18.3% were owned outright, 30.8% were owned with a mortgage and 48.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Queanbeyan East, of all households, 53.0% were family households, 43.0% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Queanbeyan East, 20.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.8% 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 East, 46.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Queanbeyan East, there were 120 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 66 (or 55.0%) were male and 54 (or 45.0%) were female. The median age was 24 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 East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $942.

In Queanbeyan East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.