Gaythorne Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Gaythorne (4051) is a suburb of Brisbane, Northern Suburbs, Queensland. It is about 7 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Gaythorne is in the federal electorates of Brisbane, Ryan.

In the 2011 census the population of Gaythorne was 2,655 and is comprised of approximately 51.6% females and 48.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Gaythorne is 31 years of age.

80.2% of people living in the suburb of Gaythorne were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.4% England, 2.2% New Zealand, 1.5% India, 0.7% Nepal, 0.5% Philippines, 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% United States of America, 0.5% China , 0.4% Papua New Guinea, 0.4% South Africa, 0.4% Poland, 0.4% Hong Kong , 0.3% Malaysia, 0.3% Canada.

88.2% of people living in Gaythorne speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.4% Other, 1.1% Cantonese, 1.0% Other, 0.8% Spanish, 0.8% Mandarin, 0.5% Punjabi, 0.5% Arabic, 0.5% French.

The religious makeup of Gaythorne is 30.7% Catholic, 26.0% No religion, 15.1% Anglican, 6.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.2% Uniting Church, 3.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.4% Baptist, 2.0% Christian, nfd, 1.6% Other religious affiliation , 1.3% Buddhism.

35.9% of people are married, 47.6% have never married and 9.7% are divorced and 3.1% are separated. There are 81 widowed people living in Gaythorne.

66.4% of the people living in Gaythorne over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 23.8% are working on a part time basis. Gaythorne has an unemployment rate of 4.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Gaythorne are 28.7% Professionals, 15.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.9% Community & personal service workers, 12.2% Managers, 11.6% Technicians & trades workers, 7.0% Sales workers, 5.3% Labourers, 3.4% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Gaythorne work in are 19.4% Public administration and safety, 11.9% Health care and social assistance, 10.4% Professional, scientific and technical services, 8.8% Retail trade, 7.7% Education and training, 5.9% Construction, 5.7% Accommodation and food services, 5.0% Financial and insurance services, 4.2% Transport, postal and warehousing.

15.8% of homes are fully owned, and 26.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 56.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $804 per week and the median household income is $1386 per week.

The median rent in Gaythorne is $295 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1882 per month.

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