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. 2022 Oct 26;150:e178. doi: 10.1017/S0950268822001637

Table 1.

Summary of community demographic factors in 439 Queensland postal areas with residents in 2016

Demographic variable Mean (s.d.)
Number of people per km squared 490.0 (901.4)
Median age (year) 40.6 (7.0)
Proportion of male (%) 50.8 (3.1)
Proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (%) 5.6 (10.4)
Proportion of residents born in Australia (%) 75.3 (10.7)
Proportion of unemployed residents (%) 7.0 (4.0)
Average number of children per family 0.7 (0.2)
Average number of residents per house 2.5 (0.3)
Proportion of rented households (%) 32.1 (14.7)
Proportion of residents employed in health care services (%) 10.5 (4.2)
Proportion of residents employed in agricultural industry (%) 14.1 (18.0)
Average number of people per bedroom 0.8 (0.1)
IRSD 978.6 (74.3)