South Townsville

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,138 people in South Townsville of these 54.3% were male and 45.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.2% of the population.

The median age of people in South Townsville was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.8% of the population.

Of people in South Townsville aged 15 years and over, 29.9% were married and 19.3% were either divorced or separated.

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

In South Townsville, of people aged 15 years and over, 30.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Townsville was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In South Townsville 25.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.8% were in primary school, 12.0% in secondary school and 27.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Townsville were English 28.4%, Australian 24.5%, Irish 12.0%, Scottish 7.8% and German 3.7%.

In South Townsville, 75.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.9%, England 3.4%, Scotland 0.6%, Germany 0.5% and Philippines 0.5%.

In South Townsville, 66.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Townsville were Catholic 27.0%, No Religion 24.6%, Anglican 16.1%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In South Townsville 84.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.7%, German 0.6%, French 0.5%, Spanish 0.3% and Thai 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,292 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Townsville. Of these 67.0% were employed full time, 20.9% were employed part-time and 6.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Townsville, 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Townsville was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in South Townsville included Professionals 22.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Managers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Labourers 9.8%, Sales Workers 7.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in South Townsville, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, School Education 3.7%, Defence 3.6% and Building Installation Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Townsville was $754.

In South Townsville, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.8%, Walked only 8.9%, Car, as passenger 7.8%, Bicycle 3.4% and Motorbike/scooter 2.2%. 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 67.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Townsville, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.0% provided care for children and 7.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.3% 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 South Townsville, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Townsville, 27.5% were couple families with children, 50.9% were couple families without children and 18.4% were one parent families.

In South Townsville 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Townsville, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,390 and those without children was $2,211.

Employment status of couple families

In South Townsville, of couple families with children, 35.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 16.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Townsville, 83.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Townsville, 53.6% were separate houses, 9.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 33.7% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

In South Townsville, of occupied private dwellings 12.7% had 1 bedroom, 36.4% had 2 bedrooms and 33.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Townsville, 21.3% were owned outright, 26.3% were owned with a mortgage and 48.6% were rented.

Household composition

In South Townsville, of all households, 50.3% were family households, 39.7% were single person households and 10.0% were group households.

In South Townsville, 26.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.1% 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 South Townsville, 41.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Townsville, there were 88 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 42 (or 47.7%) were male and 46 (or 52.3%) were female. The median age was 28 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 South Townsville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $875.

In South Townsville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,777.