Queanbeyan East Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Queanbeyan East (2620) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Murray & Riverina, New South Wales. It is about 244 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Queanbeyan East is in the federal electorate of Eden-Monaro.

In the 2011 census the population of Queanbeyan East was 3,765 and is comprised of approximately 47.7% females and 52.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Queanbeyan East is 33 years of age.

67.0% of people living in the suburb of Queanbeyan East were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.2% India, 2.5% England, 2.1% New Zealand, 1.7% Philippines, 1.3% Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , 0.8% Germany, 0.8% Bangladesh, 0.7% Sri Lanka, 0.7% Croatia, 0.6% Pakistan, 0.6% Fiji, 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% Italy, 0.5% Vietnam.

73.5% of people living in Queanbeyan East speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.1% Macedonian, 2.0% Other, 1.6% Punjabi, 1.5% Hindi, 1.2% Other, 0.9% Tagalog, 0.8% Bengali, 0.7% Croatian.

The religious makeup of Queanbeyan East is 27.3% Catholic, 19.9% No religion, 15.8% Anglican, 8.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.7% Eastern Orthodox, 3.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.0% Hinduism, 2.7% Other Religious Groups, 2.7% Islam, 2.3% Uniting Church.

36.3% of people are married, 43.9% have never married and 11.1% are divorced and 4.4% are separated. There are 138 widowed people living in Queanbeyan East.

71.2% of the people living in Queanbeyan East over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 19.8% are working on a part time basis. Queanbeyan East has an unemployment rate of 3.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Queanbeyan East are 18.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 18.6% Professionals, 15.1% Technicians & trades workers, 10.6% Managers, 10.3% Community & personal service workers, 9.2% Labourers, 8.4% Sales workers, 6.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Queanbeyan East work in are 26.7% Public administration and safety, 9.9% Retail trade, 9.5% Health care and social assistance, 8.8% Construction, 7.3% Accommodation and food services, 5.6% Manufacturing, 4.7% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.2% Education and training, 4.0% Transport, postal and warehousing.

18.3% of homes are fully owned, and 30.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 48.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $814 per week and the median household income is $1291 per week.

The median rent in Queanbeyan East is $270 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1896 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Queanbeyan East postcode 2620