Boronia Heights Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Boronia Heights (4124) is a suburb of Brisbane, Southern Suburbs, Queensland. It is about 25 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Boronia Heights is in the federal electorate of Forde.

In the 2011 census the population of Boronia Heights was 7,604 and is comprised of approximately 51.6% females and 48.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Boronia Heights is 30 years of age.

71.4% of people living in the suburb of Boronia Heights were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.4% New Zealand, 3.4% England, 1.1% Philippines, 0.9% India, 0.7% Fiji, 0.7% Germany, 0.7% Pakistan, 0.6% South Africa, 0.5% Samoa, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% Papua New Guinea, 0.4% China , 0.4% Scotland, 0.3% Bosnia and Herzegovina.

83.6% of people living in Boronia Heights speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.0% Other, 1.3% Samoan, 0.8% Hindi, 0.8% Urdu, 0.7% German, 0.6% Mandarin, 0.5% Tagalog, 0.5% Vietnamese.

The religious makeup of Boronia Heights is 26.0% No religion, 21.7% Catholic, 18.1% Anglican, 8.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.9% Uniting Church, 3.3% Christian, nfd, 2.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.2% Baptist, 2.2% Pentecostal, 1.7% Islam.

42.2% of people are married, 38.3% have never married and 9.2% are divorced and 4.8% are separated. There are 310 widowed people living in Boronia Heights.

60.8% of the people living in Boronia Heights over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 25.8% are working on a part time basis. Boronia Heights has an unemployment rate of 8.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Boronia Heights are 17.1% Technicians & trades workers, 15.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 14.1% Labourers, 10.3% Community & personal service workers, 9.8% Sales workers, 8.8% Professionals, 7.5% Managers, 2.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Boronia Heights work in are 14.3% Manufacturing, 12.6% Retail trade, 11.3% Health care and social assistance, 10.9% Construction, 10.7% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.4% Wholesale trade, 4.7% Education and training, 4.2% Accommodation and food services, 4.1% Public administration and safety.

15.5% of homes are fully owned, and 44.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 36.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $547 per week and the median household income is $1207 per week.

The median rent in Boronia Heights is $315 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1773 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Boronia Heights postcode 4124