Queenstown

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,975 people in Queenstown of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Queenstown was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.8% of the population.

Of people in Queenstown aged 15 years and over, 43.0% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Queenstown was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Queenstown, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Queenstown was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Queenstown 25.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.0% were in primary school, 20.1% in secondary school and 10.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Queenstown were Australian 37.3%, English 31.9%, Irish 9.1%, German 4.4% and Scottish 4.2%.

In Queenstown, 87.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.5%, India 1.2%, New Zealand 0.8%, Netherlands 0.5% and Germany 0.4%.

In Queenstown, 84.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Queenstown were Catholic 28.1%, Anglican 26.7%, No Religion 22.6%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.8%.

In Queenstown 92.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 0.4%, Dutch 0.3%, Danish 0.2%, Nepali 0.2% and Finnish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 882 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Queenstown. Of these 60.2% were employed full time, 25.7% were employed part-time and 9.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Queenstown, 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Queenstown was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Queenstown included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 19.2%, Labourers 13.9%, Professionals 10.2%, Managers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.3% and Sales Workers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Queenstown, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 22.2%, Accommodation 9.4%, School Education 6.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.9% and Other Mining Support Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Queenstown was $413.

In Queenstown, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.8%, Walked only 11.8%, Car, as passenger 7.4%, Truck 1.0% and Other 1.0%. 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 68.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Queenstown, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.7% provided care for children and 9.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Queenstown, 23.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Queenstown, 38.9% were couple families with children, 42.4% were couple families without children and 18.1% were one parent families.

In Queenstown 13.8% of single parents were male and 86.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Queenstown, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,867.

Employment status of couple families

In Queenstown, of couple families with children, 15.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 23.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Queenstown, 77.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Queenstown, 95.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Queenstown, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 19.0% had 2 bedrooms and 59.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Queenstown, 48.1% were owned outright, 22.7% were owned with a mortgage and 25.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Queenstown, of all households, 59.4% were family households, 38.7% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Queenstown, 38.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% 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 Queenstown, 39.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Queenstown, there were 134 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 71 (or 53.0%) were male and 63 (or 47.0%) 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 Queenstown, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $974.

In Queenstown, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.