Quilpie

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 574 people in Quilpie of these 52.3% were male and 47.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 14.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Quilpie was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.8% of the population.

Of people in Quilpie aged 15 years and over, 40.2% were married and 14.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Quilpie was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Quilpie, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Quilpie was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Quilpie 22.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.4% were in primary school, 13.6% in secondary school and 14.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Quilpie were Australian 36.3%, English 26.1%, Irish 12.5%, German 8.6% and Scottish 3.5%.

In Quilpie, 90.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.7%, England 0.9%, Canada 0.5%, Egypt 0.5% and Germany 0.5%.

In Quilpie, 86.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Quilpie were Catholic 37.2%, Anglican 28.5%, No Religion 12.8%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Quilpie 94.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Serbian 1.1% and Arabic 0.9%.

Employment

There were 316 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Quilpie. Of these 69.3% were employed full time, 19.6% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Quilpie, 5.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Quilpie was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Quilpie included Labourers 16.7%, Managers 15.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Professionals 9.8% and Sales Workers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Quilpie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 19.3%, School Education 8.2%, Road Freight Transport 6.9%, Hospitals 6.6% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Quilpie was $646.

In Quilpie, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 50.8%, Walked only 26.4%, Car, as passenger 5.9% and Truck 4.3%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Quilpie, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.2% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.3% 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 Quilpie, 25.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Quilpie, 40.0% were couple families with children, 36.7% were couple families without children and 23.3% were one parent families.

In Quilpie 21.1% of single parents were male and 78.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Quilpie, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,795 and those without children was $1,319.

Employment status of couple families

In Quilpie, of couple families with children, 33.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 16.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Quilpie, 72.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Quilpie, 85.7% were separate houses, 1.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.7% were flats, units or apartments and 4.3% were other dwellings.

In Quilpie, of occupied private dwellings 8.2% had 1 bedroom, 21.6% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% 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 Quilpie, 35.7% were owned outright, 19.6% were owned with a mortgage and 42.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Quilpie, of all households, 62.9% were family households, 35.3% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Quilpie, 29.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.1% 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 Quilpie, 35.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Quilpie, there were 84 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 44 (or 52.4%) were male and 40 (or 47.6%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Quilpie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $687.

In Quilpie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $86 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.