North Toowoomba

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,049 people in North Toowoomba of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.9% of the population.

The median age of people in North Toowoomba was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.6% of the population.

Of people in North Toowoomba aged 15 years and over, 39.2% were married and 16.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Toowoomba was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In North Toowoomba, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Toowoomba was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In North Toowoomba 27.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.1% were in primary school, 19.0% in secondary school and 24.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Toowoomba were Australian 29.3%, English 28.5%, Irish 10.6%, Scottish 7.9% and German 7.8%.

In North Toowoomba, 85.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.4%, New Zealand 1.9%, Netherlands 0.6%, United States of America 0.5% and Fiji 0.4%.

In North Toowoomba, 77.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Toowoomba were Catholic 24.6%, Anglican 20.4%, No Religion 20.3%, Christian, nfd 5.3% and Uniting Church 4.8%.

In North Toowoomba 92.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Portuguese 0.3%, Russian 0.3%, Mandarin 0.2%, Fijian 0.2% and Italian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,537 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Toowoomba. Of these 60.0% were employed full time, 27.4% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Toowoomba, 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.5% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in North Toowoomba included Professionals 19.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Labourers 13.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Managers 7.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in North Toowoomba, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.7%, Hospitals 5.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Other Social Assistance Services 3.1% and Tertiary Education 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Toowoomba was $543.

In North Toowoomba, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.7%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Walked only 6.3%, Bicycle 1.7% and Motorbike/scooter 1.5%. On the day, 0.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Toowoomba, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.4% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.8% 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 Toowoomba, 27.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Toowoomba, 35.1% were couple families with children, 38.5% were couple families without children and 24.1% were one parent families.

In North Toowoomba 10.5% of single parents were male and 89.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Toowoomba, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,812 and those without children was $1,657.

Employment status of couple families

In North Toowoomba, of couple families with children, 22.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 22.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Toowoomba, 90.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Toowoomba, 85.1% were separate houses, 1.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In North Toowoomba, of occupied private dwellings 5.6% had 1 bedroom, 25.4% had 2 bedrooms and 51.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Toowoomba, 23.3% were owned outright, 32.5% were owned with a mortgage and 41.8% were rented.

Household composition

In North Toowoomba, of all households, 59.4% were family households, 35.0% were single person households and 5.6% were group households.

In North Toowoomba, 30.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% 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 Toowoomba, 41.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Toowoomba, there were 152 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 74 (or 48.7%) were male and 78 (or 51.3%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Toowoomba, 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 $779.

In North Toowoomba, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,547.