Mount Samson Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Mount Samson (4520) is a suburb of Brisbane, Outer Northern Suburbs, Queensland. It is about 26 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Mount Samson is in the federal electorate of Dickson.

In the 2011 census the population of Mount Samson was 566 and is comprised of approximately 49.8% females and 50.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Mount Samson is 38 years of age.

77.8% of people living in the suburb of Mount Samson were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 9.9% England, 3.0% New Zealand, 1.1% Malaysia, 0.7% Canada, 0.7% Scotland, 0.7% United States of America, 0.7% Taiwan, 0.5% Germany.

96.3% of people living in Mount Samson speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Greek.

The religious makeup of Mount Samson is 25.9% No religion, 22.9% Catholic, 21.9% Anglican, 9.3% Uniting Church, 6.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.1% Christian, nfd, 3.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.1% Baptist, 1.2% Jehovah's Witnesses, 1.1% Other Religious Groups.

69.0% of people are married, 21.4% have never married and 6.4% are divorced and 2.5% are separated. There are 3 widowed people living in Mount Samson.

57.2% of the people living in Mount Samson over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.6% are working on a part time basis. Mount Samson has an unemployment rate of 3.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Mount Samson are 27.9% Professionals, 21.8% Managers, 15.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.2% Technicians & trades workers, 7.1% Sales workers, 6.1% Community & personal service workers, 4.4% Machinery operators & drivers, 4.1% Labourers, 1.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Mount Samson work in are 11.6% Retail trade, 11.3% Health care and social assistance, 9.9% Construction, 8.5% Professional, scientific and technical services, 8.2% Education and training, 7.8% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.8% Manufacturing, 5.1% Other services, 4.4% Financial and insurance services.

33.9% of homes are fully owned, and 58.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 4.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $709 per week and the median household income is $2096 per week.

The median rent in Mount Samson is $375 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2264 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Mount Samson postcode 4520