East Ipswich

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,194 people in East Ipswich of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.4% of the population.

The median age of people in East Ipswich was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.1% of the population.

Of people in East Ipswich aged 15 years and over, 41.4% were married and 14.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Ipswich was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In East Ipswich, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Ipswich was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In East Ipswich 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.4% were in primary school, 19.7% in secondary school and 19.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Ipswich were Australian 31.3%, English 28.5%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 8.4% and German 6.2%.

In East Ipswich, 82.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, New Zealand 2.8%, India 1.2%, Philippines 1.0% and Scotland 0.7%.

In East Ipswich, 69.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Ipswich were Catholic 23.8%, No Religion 22.5%, Anglican 17.3%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In East Ipswich 90.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 0.6%, Mandarin 0.5%, Telugu 0.5%, German 0.4% and Kannada 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,074 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Ipswich. Of these 61.2% were employed full time, 26.7% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Ipswich, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Ipswich was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in East Ipswich included Professionals 19.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Labourers 13.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Managers 7.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in East Ipswich, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.3%, Hospitals 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.6% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Ipswich was $589.

In East Ipswich, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.0%, Train 10.5%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Walked only 1.9% and Motorbike/scooter 1.3%. On the day, 13.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Ipswich, 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, 28.3% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.6% 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 Ipswich, 27.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Ipswich, 38.2% were couple families with children, 35.3% were couple families without children and 25.0% were one parent families.

In East Ipswich 21.3% of single parents were male and 78.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Ipswich, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,155 and those without children was $2,094.

Employment status of couple families

In East Ipswich, of couple families with children, 23.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% 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 East Ipswich, 85.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Ipswich, 81.2% were separate houses, 15.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In East Ipswich, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 28.5% had 2 bedrooms and 55.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Ipswich, 28.9% were owned outright, 31.3% were owned with a mortgage and 36.4% were rented.

Household composition

In East Ipswich, of all households, 65.7% were family households, 30.4% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In East Ipswich, 22.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.1% 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 East Ipswich, 44.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Ipswich, there were 99 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 57 (or 57.6%) were male and 42 (or 42.4%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Ipswich, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $707.

In East Ipswich, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $235 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.