Bayview Heights Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Bayview Heights (4868) is a suburb of Northern, Cairns, Queensland. It is about 1388 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Bayview Heights is in the federal electorate of Leichhardt.

In the 2011 census the population of Bayview Heights was 4,150 and is comprised of approximately 49.8% females and 50.2% males.

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

79.3% of people living in the suburb of Bayview Heights were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.1% New Zealand, 2.7% England, 0.9% Papua New Guinea, 0.8% Italy, 0.8% Philippines, 0.6% Japan, 0.4% Germany, 0.4% Scotland, 0.4% United States of America, 0.3% Netherlands, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% China .

88.6% of people living in Bayview Heights speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.6% Italian, 1.0% Other, 1.0% Japanese, 0.6% German, 0.5% Greek, 0.3% Tagalog, 0.3% Mandarin, 0.2% Vietnamese.

The religious makeup of Bayview Heights is 34.2% Catholic, 20.3% No religion, 17.2% Anglican, 8.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.7% Uniting Church, 3.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.2% Christian, nfd, 1.7% Eastern Orthodox, 1.4% Pentecostal, 1.3% Baptist.

55.0% of people are married, 30.1% have never married and 7.8% are divorced and 2.8% are separated. There are 145 widowed people living in Bayview Heights.

62.3% of the people living in Bayview Heights over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 27.7% are working on a part time basis. Bayview Heights has an unemployment rate of 3.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Bayview Heights are 18.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 16.9% Technicians & trades workers, 16.7% Professionals, 11.8% Sales workers, 11.1% Managers, 9.6% Community & personal service workers, 7.7% Labourers, 5.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Bayview Heights work in are 12.6% Retail trade, 10.7% Health care and social assistance, 9.4% Construction, 9.3% Education and training, 7.4% Public administration and safety, 6.3% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.2% Accommodation and food services, 6.1% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.0% Manufacturing.

39.1% of homes are fully owned, and 41.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 17.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $696 per week and the median household income is $1502 per week.

The median rent in Bayview Heights is $300 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Bayview Heights postcode 4868