Toowoon Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 548 people in Toowoon Bay of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Toowoon Bay was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 30.0% of the population.

Of people in Toowoon Bay aged 15 years and over, 41.7% were married and 19.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Toowoon Bay was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Toowoon Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Toowoon Bay was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Toowoon Bay 22.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.6% were in primary school, 14.8% in secondary school and 18.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Toowoon Bay were English 31.1%, Australian 28.6%, Irish 12.1%, Scottish 8.6% and German 3.0%.

In Toowoon Bay, 81.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, New Zealand 1.6%, Austria 0.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.5% and Germany 0.5%.

In Toowoon Bay, 73.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Toowoon Bay were Anglican 29.7%, Catholic 29.0%, No Religion 17.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6% and Christian, nfd 3.1%.

In Toowoon Bay 92.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Mandarin 0.9%, Tagalog 0.7% and Greek 0.5%.

Employment

There were 239 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Toowoon Bay. Of these 49.0% were employed full time, 31.8% were employed part-time and 11.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Toowoon Bay, 15.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Toowoon Bay was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Toowoon Bay included Managers 17.8%, Professionals 17.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.7%, Labourers 11.7%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Toowoon Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.1%, Accommodation 4.7%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.7% and Sports and Physical Recreation Activities 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Toowoon Bay was $502.

In Toowoon Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.8%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Walked only 5.6%, Bus 2.3% and Train 1.9%. On the day, 4.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Toowoon Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.1% provided care for children and 14.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.6% 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 Toowoon Bay, 25.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Toowoon Bay, 27.8% were couple families with children, 49.0% were couple families without children and 23.2% were one parent families.

In Toowoon Bay 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Toowoon Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,125 and those without children was $2,024.

Employment status of couple families

In Toowoon Bay, of couple families with children, 19.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 15.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Toowoon Bay, 64.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 35.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Toowoon Bay, 42.6% were separate houses, 23.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 21.5% were flats, units or apartments and 12.1% were other dwellings.

In Toowoon Bay, of occupied private dwellings 4.7% had 1 bedroom, 33.9% had 2 bedrooms and 37.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Toowoon Bay, 41.5% were owned outright, 11.2% were owned with a mortgage and 44.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Toowoon Bay, of all households, 57.4% were family households, 40.2% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Toowoon Bay, 37.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.1% 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 Toowoon Bay, 43.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Toowoon Bay, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Toowoon Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Toowoon Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $2,700 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.