Torrington Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Torrington (4350) is a suburb of South Eastern, Toowoomba & South Eastern, Queensland. It is about 112 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Torrington is in the federal electorate of Groom.

In the 2011 census the population of Torrington was 880 and is comprised of approximately 49.7% females and 50.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Torrington is 43 years of age.

90.7% of people living in the suburb of Torrington were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.4% South Africa, 1.0% England, 0.9% New Zealand, 0.7% Philippines, 0.6% Fiji, 0.6% Scotland, 0.5% Indonesia, 0.5% Poland, 0.5% Spain.

96.0% of people living in Torrington speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.8% Other, 0.5% Other , 0.5% Polish, 0.3% Japanese.

The religious makeup of Torrington is 29.6% Catholic, 24.0% Anglican, 11.5% Lutheran, 7.2% Uniting Church, 6.7% No religion, 5.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 4.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.6% Christian, nfd, 2.3% Pentecostal, 1.8% Baptist.

64.8% of people are married, 23.6% have never married and 6.3% are divorced and 1.6% are separated. There are 25 widowed people living in Torrington.

60.4% of the people living in Torrington over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.7% are working on a part time basis. Torrington has an unemployment rate of 3.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Torrington are 17.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.7% Technicians & trades workers, 15.5% Professionals, 13.1% Managers, 12.7% Labourers, 8.6% Community & personal service workers, 7.5% Sales workers, 7.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Torrington work in are 11.5% Health care and social assistance, 11.5% Manufacturing, 10.2% Retail trade, 10.0% Education and training, 9.5% Construction, 7.1% Transport, postal and warehousing, 7.1% Wholesale trade, 5.2% Accommodation and food services, 4.5% Administrative and support services.

47.6% of homes are fully owned, and 41.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 10.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $587 per week and the median household income is $1437 per week.

The median rent in Torrington is $175 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1937 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Torrington postcode 4350