Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,911 people in Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld) of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld) was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.1% of the population.

Of people in Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld) aged 15 years and over, 43.9% were married and 15.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld) was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 44.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld) 25.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.8% were in primary school, 21.0% in secondary school and 17.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld) were English 30.5%, Australian 28.3%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 7.4% and German 4.2%.

In Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld), 76.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.5%, England 5.2%, Scotland 0.8%, Philippines 0.8% and South Africa 0.5%.

In Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld), 62.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld) were No Religion 23.9%, Catholic 22.8%, Anglican 20.6%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld) 90.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.4%, Tagalog 0.4%, Samoan 0.3%, Italian 0.3% and Dutch 0.3%.

Employment

There were 3,812 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld). Of these 58.4% were employed full time, 29.1% were employed part-time and 6.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld), 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld) included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.0%, Professionals 14.6%, Labourers 13.0%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.0% and Managers 8.0%.

Of the employed people in Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, School Education 4.0%, Residential Care Services 2.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld) was $530.

In Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.2%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Walked only 2.7%, Train, car as driver 2.1% and Bus 1.4%. On the day, 7.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.4% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.0% 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 Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld), 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld), 37.7% were couple families with children, 39.7% were couple families without children and 20.4% were one parent families.

In Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld) 20.6% of single parents were male and 79.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,132 and those without children was $1,882.

Employment status of couple families

In Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld), of couple families with children, 21.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 20.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld), 90.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld), 80.3% were separate houses, 3.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.4% were flats, units or apartments and 3.2% were other dwellings.

In Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld), of occupied private dwellings 6.1% had 1 bedroom, 19.2% had 2 bedrooms and 49.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld), 30.8% were owned outright, 31.7% were owned with a mortgage and 34.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld), of all households, 67.3% were family households, 29.0% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld), 28.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.5% 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 Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld), 38.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld), there were 175 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 86 (or 49.1%) were male and 89 (or 50.9%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld), 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 $953.

In Clontarf (Moreton Bay - Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.