Queanbeyan West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,157 people in Queanbeyan West of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Queanbeyan West was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.6% of the population.

Of people in Queanbeyan West aged 15 years and over, 44.6% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Queanbeyan West was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Queanbeyan West, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.6% 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 West was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Queanbeyan West 29.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.6% were in primary school, 24.1% in secondary school and 19.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Queanbeyan West were Australian 31.0%, English 25.7%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 5.6% and German 3.0%.

In Queanbeyan West, 77.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.4%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 1.6%, New Zealand 1.5%, Philippines 1.0% and India 0.9%.

In Queanbeyan West, 64.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Queanbeyan West were Catholic 32.6%, Anglican 22.6%, No Religion 18.2%, Eastern Orthodox 4.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Queanbeyan West 82.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Macedonian 2.9%, Italian 1.1%, Croatian 1.0%, Serbian 0.6% and Polish 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,832 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Queanbeyan West. Of these 69.2% were employed full time, 21.3% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Queanbeyan West, 6.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Queanbeyan West was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Queanbeyan West included Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.9%, Professionals 15.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Managers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Labourers 8.8%, Sales Workers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Queanbeyan West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Central Government Administration 10.9%, Defence 7.1%, School Education 2.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.6% and State Government Administration 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Queanbeyan West was $784.

In Queanbeyan West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.8%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Walked only 2.1%, Bus 1.6% and Truck 1.4%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 80.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Queanbeyan West, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.5% 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 West, 29.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Queanbeyan West, 44.6% were couple families with children, 33.1% were couple families without children and 20.8% were one parent families.

In Queanbeyan West 21.9% of single parents were male and 78.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Queanbeyan West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,476 and those without children was $2,269.

Employment status of couple families

In Queanbeyan West, of couple families with children, 35.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 22.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Queanbeyan West, 94.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Queanbeyan West, 75.1% were separate houses, 15.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Queanbeyan West, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 14.5% had 2 bedrooms and 48.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Queanbeyan West, 25.8% were owned outright, 38.6% were owned with a mortgage and 32.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Queanbeyan West, of all households, 71.8% were family households, 25.0% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Queanbeyan West, 16.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.7% 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 West, 35.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Queanbeyan West, there were 157 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 78 (or 49.7%) were male and 79 (or 50.3%) were female. The median age was 21 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 West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,053.

In Queanbeyan West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $215 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.