Morningside Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Morningside (4170) is a suburb of Brisbane, Eastern Suburbs, Queensland. It is about 4 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Morningside is in the federal electorate of Griffith.

In the 2011 census the population of Morningside was 9,399 and is comprised of approximately 50.8% females and 49.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Morningside is 32 years of age.

71.3% of people living in the suburb of Morningside were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.8% New Zealand, 4.0% England, 1.4% India, 1.1% South Africa, 1.0% Korea, Republic of , 0.9% Philippines, 0.8% Ireland, 0.6% Scotland, 0.4% Germany, 0.4% China , 0.4% Papua New Guinea, 0.4% Fiji, 0.4% Canada, 0.4% Malaysia.

84.6% of people living in Morningside speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.6% Other, 0.9% Spanish, 0.8% Korean, 0.8% Mandarin, 0.6% German, 0.6% Cantonese, 0.6% Hindi, 0.5% Italian.

The religious makeup of Morningside is 28.4% Catholic, 27.9% No religion, 14.9% Anglican, 7.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.0% Uniting Church, 2.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.0% Buddhism, 1.9% Christian, nfd, 1.4% Baptist, 1.3% Other religious affiliation .

33.9% of people are married, 50.1% have never married and 9.2% are divorced and 3.0% are separated. There are 302 widowed people living in Morningside.

69.3% of the people living in Morningside over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 22.3% are working on a part time basis. Morningside has an unemployment rate of 3.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Morningside are 30.0% Professionals, 16.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.2% Managers, 11.7% Technicians & trades workers, 8.8% Community & personal service workers, 8.3% Sales workers, 6.2% Labourers, 3.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Morningside work in are 13.0% Professional, scientific and technical services, 10.9% Health care and social assistance, 7.9% Retail trade, 7.9% Manufacturing, 7.7% Construction, 7.6% Public administration and safety, 7.0% Education and training, 6.0% Accommodation and food services, 5.2% Transport, postal and warehousing.

17.1% of homes are fully owned, and 31.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 49.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $874 per week and the median household income is $1696 per week.

The median rent in Morningside is $360 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2167 per month.

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