East Toowoomba Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

East Toowoomba (4350) is a suburb of South Eastern, Toowoomba & South Eastern, Queensland. It is about 104 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. East Toowoomba is in the federal electorate of Groom.

In the 2011 census the population of East Toowoomba was 5,676 and is comprised of approximately 50.1% females and 49.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of East Toowoomba is 37 years of age.

83.3% of people living in the suburb of East Toowoomba were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.7% England, 1.5% New Zealand, 0.7% South Africa, 0.5% Scotland, 0.4% Philippines, 0.4% Papua New Guinea, 0.4% India, 0.3% China , 0.3% Canada, 0.3% Germany, 0.3% United States of America, 0.2% Netherlands, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Zimbabwe.

91.0% of people living in East Toowoomba speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.3% Other, 0.5% Mandarin, 0.2% Greek, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% German, 0.2% Filipino , 0.2% Vietnamese, 0.2% Cantonese.

The religious makeup of East Toowoomba is 24.9% Catholic, 24.2% Anglican, 20.0% No religion, 7.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.5% Uniting Church, 3.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.6% Christian, nfd, 2.4% Lutheran, 1.4% Baptist, 1.3% Pentecostal.

42.7% of people are married, 36.1% have never married and 11.1% are divorced and 3.8% are separated. There are 277 widowed people living in East Toowoomba.

61.0% of the people living in East Toowoomba over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.3% are working on a part time basis. East Toowoomba has an unemployment rate of 5.8%.

The main occupations of people living in East Toowoomba are 33.5% Professionals, 11.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.7% Managers, 10.9% Technicians & trades workers, 10.3% Community & personal service workers, 9.0% Sales workers, 7.9% Labourers, 3.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from East Toowoomba work in are 19.2% Health care and social assistance, 14.7% Education and training, 8.3% Retail trade, 7.7% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.8% Accommodation and food services, 6.5% Public administration and safety, 6.1% Construction, 5.4% Manufacturing, 4.1% Financial and insurance services.

28.4% of homes are fully owned, and 27.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 41.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $622 per week and the median household income is $1109 per week.

The median rent in East Toowoomba is $210 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for East Toowoomba postcode 4350