Toogoolawah

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,162 people in Toogoolawah of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Toogoolawah was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 28.5% of the population.

Of people in Toogoolawah aged 15 years and over, 48.3% were married and 16.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Toogoolawah was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Toogoolawah, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Toogoolawah was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Toogoolawah 22.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.6% were in primary school, 22.8% in secondary school and 10.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Toogoolawah were English 32.4%, Australian 29.7%, German 11.4%, Irish 8.0% and Scottish 6.9%.

In Toogoolawah, 84.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, New Zealand 1.9%, Germany 1.1%, Netherlands 0.9% and Philippines 0.9%.

In Toogoolawah, 74.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Toogoolawah were Anglican 26.7%, No Religion 16.4%, Catholic 15.7%, Uniting Church 9.5% and Other Christian 6.0%.

In Toogoolawah 94.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.6%, French 0.4%, Tongan 0.4%, Croatian 0.3% and Bisaya 0.3%.

Employment

There were 416 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Toogoolawah. Of these 52.4% were employed full time, 35.1% were employed part-time and 7.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Toogoolawah, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.0% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Toogoolawah included Labourers 17.8%, Managers 13.4%, Professionals 12.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.5% and Sales Workers 9.2%.

Of the employed people in Toogoolawah, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 11.0%, Road Freight Transport 4.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%, Residential Care Services 4.2% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Toogoolawah was $373.

In Toogoolawah, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.5%, Walked only 13.2%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Truck 1.6% and Bus 0.8%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Toogoolawah, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.6% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.7% 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 Toogoolawah, 20.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Toogoolawah, 29.6% were couple families with children, 51.6% were couple families without children and 18.9% were one parent families.

In Toogoolawah 23.0% of single parents were male and 77.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Toogoolawah, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,849 and those without children was $1,354.

Employment status of couple families

In Toogoolawah, of couple families with children, 11.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 15.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Toogoolawah, 79.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Toogoolawah, 93.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Toogoolawah, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 22.9% had 2 bedrooms and 46.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Toogoolawah, 43.3% were owned outright, 25.1% were owned with a mortgage and 26.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Toogoolawah, of all households, 65.8% were family households, 32.1% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Toogoolawah, 44.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.9% 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 Toogoolawah, 46.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Toogoolawah, there were 35 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 42.9%) were male and 20 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Toogoolawah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Toogoolawah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,320.