Arundel Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Arundel (4214) is a suburb of South Eastern, Gold Coast & Hinterland, Queensland. It is about 63 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Arundel is in the federal electorate of Fadden.

In the 2011 census the population of Arundel was 9,575 and is comprised of approximately 51.7% females and 48.3% males.

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

60.8% of people living in the suburb of Arundel were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 9.7% New Zealand, 5.4% England, 1.3% China , 1.2% Korea, Republic of , 1.2% South Africa, 1.0% Scotland, 0.8% Japan, 0.8% Philippines, 0.7% India, 0.6% Germany, 0.5% Malaysia, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.4% Singapore, 0.4% Bosnia and Herzegovina.

80.0% of people living in Arundel speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.6% Korean, 1.5% Other, 1.5% Mandarin, 1.2% Japanese, 0.8% Cantonese, 0.5% Arabic, 0.5% Greek, 0.4% Bengali.

The religious makeup of Arundel is 23.2% Catholic, 21.9% No religion, 20.9% Anglican, 9.6% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.6% Uniting Church, 4.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.1% Islam, 2.3% Christian, nfd, 1.5% Buddhism, 1.5% Eastern Orthodox.

49.1% of people are married, 33.4% have never married and 9.4% are divorced and 3.5% are separated. There are 357 widowed people living in Arundel.

57.1% of the people living in Arundel over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.9% are working on a part time basis. Arundel has an unemployment rate of 7.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Arundel are 17.5% Professionals, 14.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.8% Technicians & trades workers, 13.0% Sales workers, 12.1% Managers, 11.1% Community & personal service workers, 10.7% Labourers, 5.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Arundel work in are 13.4% Retail trade, 11.6% Health care and social assistance, 10.0% Construction, 9.2% Accommodation and food services, 7.7% Manufacturing, 7.5% Education and training, 6.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.3% Public administration and safety, 4.2% Administrative and support services.

24.2% of homes are fully owned, and 40.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 33.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $559 per week and the median household income is $1272 per week.

The median rent in Arundel is $375 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2050 per month.

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