Carbrook Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Carbrook (4130) is a suburb of Brisbane, Eastern Suburbs, Queensland. It is about 35 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Carbrook is in the federal electorate of Forde.

In the 2011 census the population of Carbrook was 1,195 and is comprised of approximately 48.1% females and 51.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Carbrook is 47 years of age.

74.2% of people living in the suburb of Carbrook were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.4% England, 3.8% New Zealand, 1.3% Scotland, 1.0% India, 1.0% Germany, 0.8% Netherlands, 0.5% Latvia, 0.5% Poland, 0.4% Lebanon, 0.4% Finland, 0.4% Malaysia, 0.3% Italy, 0.3% Papua New Guinea, 0.3% Samoa.

89.7% of people living in Carbrook speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.6% Punjabi, 0.8% Arabic, 0.7% Other, 0.6% Dutch, 0.5% Samoan, 0.3% Russian, 0.3% Italian, 0.3% Japanese.

The religious makeup of Carbrook is 23.5% Catholic, 21.4% Anglican, 15.9% No religion, 9.5% Uniting Church, 9.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.3% Lutheran, 2.8% Christian, nfd, 2.6% Baptist, 1.8% Pentecostal.

51.8% of people are married, 28.4% have never married and 10.0% are divorced and 2.9% are separated. There are 71 widowed people living in Carbrook.

55.9% of the people living in Carbrook over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.0% are working on a part time basis. Carbrook has an unemployment rate of 6.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Carbrook are 15.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.8% Technicians & trades workers, 15.3% Managers, 12.4% Professionals, 11.5% Labourers, 9.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.8% Sales workers, 8.8% Community & personal service workers, 2.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Carbrook work in are 16.9% Construction, 10.3% Manufacturing, 9.9% Retail trade, 7.7% Transport, postal and warehousing, 7.0% Wholesale trade, 6.5% Health care and social assistance, 6.3% Education and training, 5.4% Other services, 5.4% Accommodation and food services.

47.6% of homes are fully owned, and 33.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 11.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $499 per week and the median household income is $1295 per week.

The median rent in Carbrook is $223 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2167 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Carbrook postcode 4130