Burpengary Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Burpengary (4505) is a suburb of Brisbane, Outer Northern Suburbs, Queensland. It is about 35 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Burpengary is in the federal electorate of Longman.

In the 2011 census the population of Burpengary was 12,963 and is comprised of approximately 50.7% females and 49.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Burpengary is 36 years of age.

79.7% of people living in the suburb of Burpengary were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.1% England, 4.2% New Zealand, 0.6% Philippines, 0.6% Scotland, 0.5% South Africa, 0.4% Germany, 0.4% Papua New Guinea, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.2% Malaysia, 0.2% Fiji, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% United States of America, 0.2% Samoa, 0.2% Canada.

92.5% of people living in Burpengary speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.1% Other, 0.4% Samoan, 0.3% Tagalog, 0.3% Dutch, 0.3% German, 0.2% Hindi, 0.2% Mandarin, 0.2% Italian.

The religious makeup of Burpengary is 23.5% Catholic, 22.5% No religion, 20.7% Anglican, 7.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.8% Uniting Church, 3.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.2% Christian, nfd, 2.8% Baptist, 1.6% Lutheran, 1.0% Pentecostal.

51.8% of people are married, 31.8% have never married and 8.6% are divorced and 3.6% are separated. There are 424 widowed people living in Burpengary.

59.1% of the people living in Burpengary over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.6% are working on a part time basis. Burpengary has an unemployment rate of 6.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Burpengary are 17.9% Technicians & trades workers, 16.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.2% Labourers, 11.5% Professionals, 11.4% Sales workers, 10.1% Managers, 9.7% Community & personal service workers, 8.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Burpengary work in are 12.7% Retail trade, 11.8% Construction, 11.5% Health care and social assistance, 11.4% Manufacturing, 7.4% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.6% Public administration and safety, 6.1% Education and training, 5.2% Accommodation and food services, 4.4% Wholesale trade.

27.8% of homes are fully owned, and 46.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 23.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $576 per week and the median household income is $1313 per week.

The median rent in Burpengary is $300 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1771 per month.

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