East Brisbane

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,598 people in East Brisbane of these 54.9% were male and 45.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in East Brisbane was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.9% of the population.

Of people in East Brisbane aged 15 years and over, 31.8% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Brisbane was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In East Brisbane, of people aged 15 years and over, 31.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Brisbane was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In East Brisbane 35.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 13.0% were in primary school, 14.3% in secondary school and 36.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Brisbane were English 23.9%, Australian 20.4%, Irish 10.6%, Scottish 7.3% and German 3.5%.

In East Brisbane, 61.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.5%, England 3.1%, India 2.1%, Korea, Republic of (South) 1.4% and Ireland 0.9%.

In East Brisbane, 49.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Brisbane were No Religion 26.6%, Catholic 23.0%, Anglican 14.9%, Uniting Church 3.8% and Eastern Orthodox 2.3%.

In East Brisbane 72.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.4%, Korean 1.3%, Italian 1.0%, Greek 1.0% and Cantonese 0.9%.

Employment

There were 3,355 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Brisbane. Of these 62.4% were employed full time, 27.2% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Brisbane, 8.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Brisbane was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 28 years.

The most common occupations in East Brisbane included Professionals 32.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.1%, Managers 13.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Sales Workers 7.5%, Labourers 5.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in East Brisbane, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.5%, Hospitals 5.5%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.6%, School Education 4.1% and Legal and Accounting Services 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Brisbane was $769.

In East Brisbane, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.7%, Bus 14.1%, Walked only 6.4%, Car, as passenger 5.6% and Ferry 4.0%. On the day, 22.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Brisbane, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.3% provided care for children and 6.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% 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 East Brisbane, 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Brisbane, 35.4% were couple families with children, 48.3% were couple families without children and 12.0% were one parent families.

In East Brisbane 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Brisbane, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,130 and those without children was $2,389.

Employment status of couple families

In East Brisbane, of couple families with children, 32.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 19.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Brisbane, 90.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Brisbane, 49.0% were separate houses, 8.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 41.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In East Brisbane, of occupied private dwellings 12.5% had 1 bedroom, 32.8% had 2 bedrooms and 31.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Brisbane, 18.8% were owned outright, 25.9% were owned with a mortgage and 52.5% were rented.

Household composition

In East Brisbane, of all households, 51.6% were family households, 32.2% were single person households and 16.2% were group households.

In East Brisbane, 19.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.3% 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 East Brisbane, 42.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Brisbane, there were 49 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 26 (or 53.1%) were male and 23 (or 46.9%) 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 East Brisbane, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $774.

In East Brisbane, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $450 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.