East Ipswich Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

East Ipswich (4305) is a suburb of Brisbane, Ipswich, Queensland. It is about 29 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. East Ipswich is in the federal electorate of Blair.

In the 2011 census the population of East Ipswich was 2,194 and is comprised of approximately 49.7% females and 50.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of East Ipswich is 36 years of age.

82.8% of people living in the suburb of East Ipswich were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.1% England, 2.9% New Zealand, 1.2% India, 1.0% Philippines, 0.7% Scotland, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.4% Germany, 0.4% Singapore, 0.4% Malaysia, 0.3% Papua New Guinea, 0.2% Japan, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% Indonesia, 0.2% China .

90.2% of people living in East Ipswich speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.0% Other, 0.7% Tagalog, 0.3% German, 0.3% Tamil, 0.3% Arabic, 0.3% Mandarin, 0.3% Japanese, 0.2% Other .

The religious makeup of East Ipswich is 23.7% Catholic, 22.5% No religion, 17.4% Anglican, 8.6% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.6% Uniting Church, 3.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.9% Christian, nfd, 2.4% Baptist, 2.1% Lutheran, 1.4% Hinduism.

41.4% of people are married, 37.4% have never married and 10.8% are divorced and 3.7% are separated. There are 117 widowed people living in East Ipswich.

61.1% of the people living in East Ipswich over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.6% are working on a part time basis. East Ipswich has an unemployment rate of 6.9%.

The main occupations of people living in East Ipswich are 19.9% Professionals, 16.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.7% Technicians & trades workers, 13.4% Labourers, 10.9% Community & personal service workers, 7.9% Sales workers, 7.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 6.9% Managers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from East Ipswich work in are 15.2% Health care and social assistance, 13.9% Manufacturing, 10.9% Public administration and safety, 9.1% Education and training, 8.6% Retail trade, 5.6% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.5% Accommodation and food services, 5.3% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.7% Construction.

29.0% of homes are fully owned, and 31.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 36.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $589 per week and the median household income is $1059 per week.

The median rent in East Ipswich is $255 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1517 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for East Ipswich postcode 4305