Karalee Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Karalee (4306) is a suburb of Brisbane, Ipswich, Queensland. It is about 23 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Karalee is in the federal electorate of Blair.

In the 2011 census the population of Karalee was 3,684 and is comprised of approximately 48.7% females and 51.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Karalee is 37 years of age.

80.6% of people living in the suburb of Karalee were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.7% England, 2.1% New Zealand, 0.9% South Africa, 0.7% Scotland, 0.7% Netherlands, 0.5% Germany, 0.4% Zimbabwe, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% Wales, 0.3% Malaysia, 0.3% India, 0.2% Denmark, 0.2% Papua New Guinea, 0.2% Canada.

94.6% of people living in Karalee speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.6% Other, 0.2% Korean, 0.2% Dutch, 0.2% Greek, 0.2% German, 0.2% Hungarian, 0.2% Mandarin, 0.1% Italian.

The religious makeup of Karalee is 23.9% Anglican, 22.1% No religion, 21.6% Catholic, 8.1% Uniting Church, 6.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.1% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.8% Lutheran, 2.5% Baptist, 2.2% Christian, nfd, 2.1% Pentecostal.

62.9% of people are married, 26.4% have never married and 5.7% are divorced and 2.8% are separated. There are 60 widowed people living in Karalee.

65.1% of the people living in Karalee over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 25.3% are working on a part time basis. Karalee has an unemployment rate of 3.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Karalee are 20.0% Professionals, 18.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 17.3% Technicians & trades workers, 13.1% Managers, 8.3% Community & personal service workers, 7.8% Sales workers, 7.5% Labourers, 5.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Karalee work in are 12.0% Manufacturing, 10.8% Health care and social assistance, 9.9% Construction, 9.8% Education and training, 9.6% Public administration and safety, 9.0% Retail trade, 7.0% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.9% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.8% Wholesale trade.

28.1% of homes are fully owned, and 62.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 8.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $782 per week and the median household income is $1980 per week.

The median rent in Karalee is $400 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2100 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Karalee postcode 4306