North Ipswich

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,587 people in North Ipswich of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.4% of the population.

The median age of people in North Ipswich was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.1% of the population.

Of people in North Ipswich aged 15 years and over, 37.9% were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Ipswich was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In North Ipswich, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Ipswich was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In North Ipswich 26.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.1% were in primary school, 18.7% in secondary school and 17.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Ipswich were Australian 30.2%, English 28.6%, Irish 8.1%, Scottish 7.9% and German 7.6%.

In North Ipswich, 83.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.9%, New Zealand 1.7%, Scotland 0.5%, Netherlands 0.5% and India 0.4%.

In North Ipswich, 73.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Ipswich were Catholic 23.5%, No Religion 20.9%, Anglican 18.6%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In North Ipswich 91.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.3%, Tagalog 0.2%, French 0.2%, Italian 0.2% and Samoan 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,113 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Ipswich. Of these 58.7% were employed full time, 26.4% were employed part-time and 9.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Ipswich, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.1% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in North Ipswich included Labourers 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Professionals 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.4% and Managers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in North Ipswich, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.0%, Hospitals 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Residential Care Services 2.8% and Road Freight Transport 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Ipswich was $507.

In North Ipswich, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.7%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Train 3.3%, Walked only 3.2% and Truck 1.6%. On the day, 6.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Ipswich, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.8% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.6% 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 North Ipswich, 25.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Ipswich, 37.9% were couple families with children, 36.0% were couple families without children and 23.7% were one parent families.

In North Ipswich 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Ipswich, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,909 and those without children was $1,824.

Employment status of couple families

In North Ipswich, of couple families with children, 19.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 20.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Ipswich, 89.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Ipswich, 92.3% were separate houses, 4.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In North Ipswich, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 18.1% had 2 bedrooms and 59.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Ipswich, 28.9% were owned outright, 34.0% were owned with a mortgage and 34.0% were rented.

Household composition

In North Ipswich, of all households, 67.9% were family households, 27.5% were single person households and 4.7% were group households.

In North Ipswich, 27.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.6% 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 North Ipswich, 37.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Ipswich, there were 200 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 99 (or 49.5%) were male and 101 (or 50.5%) were female. The median age was 19 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 North Ipswich, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $982.

In North Ipswich, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,600.