Buccan Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Buccan (4207) is a suburb of Brisbane, Eastern Suburbs, Queensland. It is about 33 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Buccan is in the federal electorates of Forde, Wright.

In the 2011 census the population of Buccan was 1,575 and is comprised of approximately 48.8% females and 51.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Buccan is 40 years of age.

75.5% of people living in the suburb of Buccan were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.6% New Zealand, 5.3% England, 0.6% Germany, 0.5% Taiwan, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% Vietnam, 0.4% Czech Republic, 0.4% South Africa, 0.4% France, 0.4% Syria, 0.3% China , 0.3% Scotland, 0.3% Italy, 0.3% Switzerland.

88.3% of people living in Buccan speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.1% Other, 0.8% German, 0.5% Vietnamese, 0.4% Mandarin, 0.4% Arabic, 0.3% Spanish, 0.3% Italian, 0.3% Serbian.

The religious makeup of Buccan is 23.1% Catholic, 21.9% Anglican, 18.6% No religion, 10.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.2% Uniting Church, 4.3% Christian, nfd, 3.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.9% Lutheran, 2.5% Baptist, 1.5% Buddhism.

54.4% of people are married, 32.6% have never married and 7.0% are divorced and 2.7% are separated. There are 42 widowed people living in Buccan.

59.4% of the people living in Buccan over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.7% are working on a part time basis. Buccan has an unemployment rate of 5.5%.

The main occupations of people living in Buccan are 20.7% Technicians & trades workers, 15.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.0% Labourers, 11.4% Professionals, 10.4% Managers, 10.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.8% Sales workers, 8.3% Community & personal service workers, 2.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Buccan work in are 14.2% Construction, 14.0% Manufacturing, 10.8% Retail trade, 9.8% Health care and social assistance, 7.3% Education and training, 6.1% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.8% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.4% Wholesale trade, 4.8% Other services.

33.0% of homes are fully owned, and 54.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 9.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $606 per week and the median household income is $1634 per week.

The median rent in Buccan is $380 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1928 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Buccan postcode 4207