Calliope (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,206 people in Calliope (Qld) of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Calliope (Qld) was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.5% of the population.

Of people in Calliope (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 55.2% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Calliope (Qld) was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Calliope (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 54.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Calliope (Qld) was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Calliope (Qld) 27.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.3% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 11.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Calliope (Qld) were Australian 36.4%, English 27.1%, Irish 7.6%, Scottish 7.5% and German 5.7%.

In Calliope (Qld), 86.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.7%, England 2.2%, South Africa 0.6%, Scotland 0.5% and Philippines 0.3%.

In Calliope (Qld), 79.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Calliope (Qld) were No Religion 27.0%, Anglican 22.5%, Catholic 19.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.1% and Uniting Church 5.7%.

In Calliope (Qld) 93.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.4%, Afrikaans 0.3%, Mandarin 0.3%, Auslan 0.2% and Spanish 0.1%.

Employment

There were 2,156 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Calliope (Qld). Of these 69.1% were employed full time, 20.8% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Calliope (Qld), 7.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Calliope (Qld) was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Calliope (Qld) included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.6%, Labourers 13.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Professionals 9.1%, Sales Workers 8.2%, Managers 7.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Calliope (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 9.5%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.7%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.6%, School Education 3.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Calliope (Qld) was $723.

In Calliope (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.4%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Bus 2.6%, Walked only 2.2% and Motorbike/scooter 1.0%. On the day, 4.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Calliope (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.0% 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, 17.3% 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 Calliope (Qld), 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Calliope (Qld), 53.7% were couple families with children, 36.2% were couple families without children and 9.5% were one parent families.

In Calliope (Qld) 29.0% of single parents were male and 71.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Calliope (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,592 and those without children was $2,520.

Employment status of couple families

In Calliope (Qld), of couple families with children, 25.5% had both partners employed full-time, 1.6% had both employed part-time and 23.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Calliope (Qld), 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Calliope (Qld), 93.2% were separate houses, 0.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.5% were flats, units or apartments and 5.7% were other dwellings.

In Calliope (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 4.7% had 1 bedroom, 7.7% had 2 bedrooms and 35.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Calliope (Qld), 25.0% were owned outright, 49.1% were owned with a mortgage and 22.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Calliope (Qld), of all households, 80.5% were family households, 16.4% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Calliope (Qld), 12.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.6% 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 Calliope (Qld), 20.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Calliope (Qld), there were 138 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 73 (or 52.9%) were male and 65 (or 47.1%) 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 Calliope (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,562.

In Calliope (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $320 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,872.