Toobeah

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 218 people in Toobeah of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Toobeah was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.4% of the population.

Of people in Toobeah aged 15 years and over, 58.0% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Toobeah was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Toobeah, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.3% 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 Toobeah was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Toobeah 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 62.3% were in primary school, 14.8% in secondary school and 9.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Toobeah were Australian 36.7%, English 36.4%, Irish 11.8%, Scottish 8.8% and German 1.7%.

In Toobeah, 92.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 2.3% and Ireland 1.8%.

In Toobeah, 88.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Toobeah were Anglican 40.6%, Catholic 21.0%, No Religion 11.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.4% and Uniting Church 5.0%.

In Toobeah 97.3% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 129 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Toobeah. Of these 79.8% were employed full time, 16.3% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Toobeah, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 2.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 77.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Toobeah was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Toobeah included Managers 38.9%, Labourers 23.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3%, Professionals 4.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.6% and Sales Workers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Toobeah, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 43.9%, Other Crop Growing 13.6%, Hospitals 3.8%, Other Construction Services 3.0% and Electrical and Electronic Goods Retailing 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Toobeah was $665.

In Toobeah, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.2%, Walked only 9.2%, Other 4.6%, Car, as passenger 3.8% and Truck 3.1%. 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 62.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Toobeah, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 41.0% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.8% 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 Toobeah, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 5.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Toobeah, 53.7% were couple families with children, 33.3% were couple families without children and 5.6% were one parent families.

In Toobeah 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Toobeah, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,849 and those without children was $574.

Employment status of couple families

In Toobeah, of couple families with children, 40.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 27.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Toobeah, 76.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Toobeah, 96.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.0% were other dwellings.

In Toobeah, of occupied private dwellings 5.3% had 1 bedroom, 12.0% had 2 bedrooms and 32.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Toobeah, 23.6% were owned outright, 19.4% were owned with a mortgage and 51.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Toobeah, of all households, 71.1% were family households, 25.0% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Toobeah, 12.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.1% 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 Toobeah, 24.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Toobeah, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Toobeah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

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