Townsville City

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,500 people in Townsville City of these 56.7% were male and 43.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Townsville City was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.4% of the population.

Of people in Townsville City aged 15 years and over, 34.9% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Townsville City was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Townsville City, of people aged 15 years and over, 35.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Townsville City was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Townsville City 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 11.1% were in primary school, 8.6% in secondary school and 22.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Townsville City were English 24.4%, Australian 21.3%, Irish 10.0%, Scottish 8.5% and German 3.4%.

In Townsville City, 63.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.8%, England 3.4%, Philippines 1.2%, Scotland 1.1% and United States of America 1.0%.

In Townsville City, 59.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Townsville City were Catholic 26.2%, No Religion 24.5%, Anglican 14.3%, Uniting Church 3.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Townsville City 75.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.7%, Tagalog 0.5%, Spanish 0.5%, Arabic 0.4% and Italian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,521 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Townsville City. Of these 70.8% were employed full time, 17.9% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Townsville City, 6.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Townsville City was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Townsville City included Professionals 28.2%, Managers 17.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.0%, Sales Workers 5.8%, Labourers 4.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Townsville City, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 13.7%, Hospitals 5.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Accommodation 3.4% and School Education 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Townsville City was $982.

In Townsville City, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.3%, Walked only 14.0%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Bicycle 2.7% and Bus 1.8%. On the day, 2.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Townsville City, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 13.7% provided care for children and 6.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.6% 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 Townsville City, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Townsville City, 24.2% were couple families with children, 61.1% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Townsville City 20.3% of single parents were male and 79.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Townsville City, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,981 and those without children was $2,467.

Employment status of couple families

In Townsville City, of couple families with children, 32.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 15.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Townsville City, 75.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Townsville City, 15.5% were separate houses, 1.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 78.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.2% were other dwellings.

In Townsville City, of occupied private dwellings 8.7% had 1 bedroom, 45.4% had 2 bedrooms and 37.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Townsville City, 20.8% were owned outright, 19.9% were owned with a mortgage and 57.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Townsville City, of all households, 52.5% were family households, 31.8% were single person households and 15.8% were group households.

In Townsville City, 12.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.6% 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 Townsville City, 45.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Townsville City, there were 84 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 39 (or 46.4%) were male and 45 (or 53.6%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Townsville City, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,536.

In Townsville City, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $157 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,400.