Karrabin Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Karrabin (4306) is a suburb of Brisbane, Ipswich, Queensland. It is about 35 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Karrabin is in the federal electorate of Blair.

In the 2011 census the population of Karrabin was 474 and is comprised of approximately 48.5% females and 51.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Karrabin is 39 years of age.

87.1% of people living in the suburb of Karrabin were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.0% New Zealand, 2.1% England, 1.3% Scotland, 1.1% Philippines, 0.8% Germany.

96.0% of people living in Karrabin speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.6% Greek, 0.6% Mandarin.

The religious makeup of Karrabin is 25.4% No religion, 24.1% Anglican, 21.1% Catholic, 7.4% Uniting Church, 5.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.2% Christian, nfd, 3.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.5% Baptist, 2.5% Lutheran, 1.5% Other Christian.

52.5% of people are married, 33.2% have never married and 7.9% are divorced and 2.9% are separated. There are 13 widowed people living in Karrabin.

67.3% of the people living in Karrabin over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 27.1% are working on a part time basis. Karrabin has an unemployment rate of 2.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Karrabin are 18.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 17.7% Technicians & trades workers, 12.7% Managers, 11.9% Community & personal service workers, 10.4% Labourers, 10.0% Sales workers, 9.6% Professionals, 9.2% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Karrabin work in are 12.6% Retail trade, 12.3% Construction, 11.1% Manufacturing, 11.1% Health care and social assistance, 6.9% Wholesale trade, 6.5% Education and training, 6.1% Other services, 6.1% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.6% Professional, scientific and technical services.

27.9% of homes are fully owned, and 45.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 24.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $650 per week and the median household income is $1462 per week.

The median rent in Karrabin is $300 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1677 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Karrabin postcode 4306