Brendale Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Brendale (4500) is a suburb of Brisbane, Outer Northern Suburbs, Queensland. It is about 17 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Brendale is in the federal electorate of Dickson.

In the 2011 census the population of Brendale was 1,847 and is comprised of approximately 51.0% females and 49.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Brendale is 34 years of age.

65.3% of people living in the suburb of Brendale were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 10.0% New Zealand, 3.9% India, 3.5% England, 1.5% Philippines, 0.9% Zimbabwe, 0.9% Fiji, 0.7% South Africa, 0.6% Samoa, 0.6% Scotland, 0.5% China , 0.5% Malaysia, 0.5% Russian Federation, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% Indonesia.

83.3% of people living in Brendale speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.7% Other, 1.8% Punjabi, 0.9% Hindi, 0.9% Tagalog, 0.8% Japanese, 0.7% Other, 0.7% Samoan, 0.7% Mandarin.

The religious makeup of Brendale is 23.7% No religion, 21.1% Catholic, 14.8% Anglican, 8.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.9% Uniting Church, 4.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.9% Christian, nfd, 3.3% Baptist, 2.7% Hinduism, 2.5% Other Religious Groups.

37.9% of people are married, 38.0% have never married and 14.1% are divorced and 5.2% are separated. There are 73 widowed people living in Brendale.

66.3% of the people living in Brendale over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 22.1% are working on a part time basis. Brendale has an unemployment rate of 7.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Brendale are 19.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.6% Professionals, 14.6% Technicians & trades workers, 11.1% Labourers, 11.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 10.1% Community & personal service workers, 9.3% Sales workers, 7.5% Managers, 2.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Brendale work in are 12.8% Health care and social assistance, 12.5% Retail trade, 12.3% Manufacturing, 9.4% Transport, postal and warehousing, 7.8% Public administration and safety, 6.5% Construction, 5.7% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.9% Accommodation and food services, 4.6% Wholesale trade.

23.7% of homes are fully owned, and 32.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 41.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $634 per week and the median household income is $1032 per week.

The median rent in Brendale is $320 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1517 per month.

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