Qunaba

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 822 people in Qunaba of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Qunaba was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.9% of the population.

Of people in Qunaba aged 15 years and over, 61.5% were married and 10.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Qunaba was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Qunaba, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Qunaba was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Qunaba 24.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.1% were in primary school, 26.3% in secondary school and 12.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Qunaba were English 32.2%, Australian 30.0%, Scottish 8.9%, German 7.4% and Irish 6.2%.

In Qunaba, 83.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, New Zealand 2.4%, Germany 1.1%, South Africa 1.0% and Netherlands 0.5%.

In Qunaba, 74.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Qunaba were No Religion 23.0%, Anglican 20.5%, Catholic 16.6%, Uniting Church 11.2% and Lutheran 6.0%.

In Qunaba 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.1%, Tokelauan 1.0%, Hungarian 0.5%, Shona 0.5% and Hebrew 0.4%.

Employment

There were 406 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Qunaba. Of these 56.7% were employed full time, 31.3% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Qunaba, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Qunaba was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Qunaba included Professionals 20.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.4%, Managers 16.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.0%, Labourers 11.5%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Qunaba, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.6%, Other Crop Growing 6.5%, Building Installation Services 2.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9% and Allied Health Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Qunaba was $564.

In Qunaba, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.0%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Truck 1.6%, Walked only 1.6% and Bicycle 1.3%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Qunaba, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.5% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.7% 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 Qunaba, 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Qunaba, 38.0% were couple families with children, 49.8% were couple families without children and 12.2% were one parent families.

In Qunaba 25.8% of single parents were male and 74.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Qunaba, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,932 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Qunaba, of couple families with children, 22.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 17.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Qunaba, 91.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Qunaba, 98.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Qunaba, of occupied private dwellings 1.0% had 1 bedroom, 7.5% had 2 bedrooms and 58.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Qunaba, 44.6% were owned outright, 34.6% were owned with a mortgage and 18.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Qunaba, of all households, 80.9% were family households, 18.1% were single person households and 1.0% were group households.

In Qunaba, 22.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.5% 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 Qunaba, 32.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Qunaba, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 30.8%) were male and 9 (or 69.2%) were female. The median age was 44 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 Qunaba, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,291.

In Qunaba, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.