Imbil

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 942 people in Imbil of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Imbil was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.9% of the population.

Of people in Imbil aged 15 years and over, 49.8% were married and 17.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Imbil was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Imbil, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.8% 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 Imbil was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Imbil 24.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.8% were in primary school, 21.6% in secondary school and 10.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Imbil were Australian 33.3%, English 30.1%, Scottish 9.5%, Irish 9.3% and German 4.9%.

In Imbil, 85.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, New Zealand 1.7%, Netherlands 1.0%, Papua New Guinea 0.6% and Germany 0.5%.

In Imbil, 74.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Imbil were No Religion 28.7%, Anglican 21.0%, Uniting Church 13.4%, Catholic 11.9% and Christian, nfd 4.1%.

In Imbil 94.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.4%, Italian 0.4% and Dutch 0.3%.

Employment

There were 392 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Imbil. Of these 51.5% were employed full time, 31.9% were employed part-time and 11.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Imbil, 16.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Imbil was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Imbil included Labourers 18.7%, Managers 14.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.6%, Professionals 10.1% and Sales Workers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Imbil, the most common responses for industry of employment included Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 11.2%, School Education 6.3%, Dairy Cattle Farming 3.7%, Accommodation 2.6% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Imbil was $397.

In Imbil, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.6%, Car, as passenger 7.4%, Walked only 4.9%, Truck 2.6% and Bus 0.9%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Imbil, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.8% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.4% 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 Imbil, 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Imbil, 33.0% were couple families with children, 52.1% were couple families without children and 13.9% were one parent families.

In Imbil 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Imbil, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,568 and those without children was $1,527.

Employment status of couple families

In Imbil, of couple families with children, 10.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 16.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Imbil, 81.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Imbil, 95.5% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.7% were other dwellings.

In Imbil, of occupied private dwellings 7.4% had 1 bedroom, 20.6% had 2 bedrooms and 44.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Imbil, 37.0% were owned outright, 29.6% were owned with a mortgage and 28.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Imbil, of all households, 69.4% were family households, 26.1% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In Imbil, 39.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.5% 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 Imbil, 35.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Imbil, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 65.0%) were male and 7 (or 35.0%) were female. The median age was 40 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 Imbil, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $625.

In Imbil, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $213 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.