The Range (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,369 people in The Range (Qld) of these 46.1% were male and 53.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in The Range (Qld) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.1% of the population.

Of people in The Range (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 44.4% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in The Range (Qld) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In The Range (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 50.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in The Range (Qld) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In The Range (Qld) 39.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.9% were in primary school, 36.1% in secondary school and 12.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in The Range (Qld) were Australian 31.6%, English 25.6%, Irish 10.6%, Scottish 7.8% and German 4.9%.

In The Range (Qld), 80.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.1%, New Zealand 1.3%, South Africa 0.6%, India 0.4% and Philippines 0.4%.

In The Range (Qld), 78.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in The Range (Qld) were Catholic 30.4%, Anglican 21.0%, No Religion 15.5%, Uniting Church 6.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

In The Range (Qld) 85.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.3%, Arabic 0.3%, Tagalog 0.2%, Hindi 0.2% and Afrikaans 0.2%.

Employment

There were 2,439 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in The Range (Qld). Of these 62.9% were employed full time, 27.6% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in The Range (Qld), 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in The Range (Qld) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in The Range (Qld) included Professionals 29.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Managers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 8.0%, Labourers 6.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in The Range (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 10.2%, School Education 8.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Tertiary Education 3.0% and Coal Mining 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in The Range (Qld) was $644.

In The Range (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.1%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Walked only 5.8%, Bus 1.5% and Bicycle 0.9%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In The Range (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 67.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.0% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.4% 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 The Range (Qld), 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in The Range (Qld), 44.2% were couple families with children, 37.8% were couple families without children and 16.6% were one parent families.

In The Range (Qld) 15.4% of single parents were male and 84.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In The Range (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,633 and those without children was $2,340.

Employment status of couple families

In The Range (Qld), of couple families with children, 25.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 23.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In The Range (Qld), 87.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Range (Qld), 87.4% were separate houses, 8.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In The Range (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 21.9% had 2 bedrooms and 42.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Range (Qld), 36.3% were owned outright, 30.8% were owned with a mortgage and 30.2% were rented.

Household composition

In The Range (Qld), of all households, 70.5% were family households, 25.9% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In The Range (Qld), 19.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.0% 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 The Range (Qld), 37.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In The Range (Qld), there were 185 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 76 (or 41.1%) were male and 109 (or 58.9%) were female. The median age was 17 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 The Range (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,042.

In The Range (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,500.