Heathwood Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Heathwood (4110) is a suburb of Brisbane, Southern Suburbs, Queensland. It is about 20 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Heathwood is in the federal electorate of Oxley.

In the 2011 census the population of Heathwood was 1,820 and is comprised of approximately 50.3% females and 49.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Heathwood is 32 years of age.

54.1% of people living in the suburb of Heathwood were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.6% New Zealand, 5.5% Vietnam, 4.6% England, 3.2% India, 2.6% South Africa, 1.4% Malaysia, 1.2% Fiji, 1.1% Sri Lanka, 1.0% China , 0.9% Korea, Republic of , 0.8% Scotland, 0.7% Taiwan, 0.7% Iran, 0.7% Samoa.

63.3% of people living in Heathwood speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 9.1% Vietnamese, 3.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.6% Hindi, 3.5% Other, 2.6% Mandarin, 1.5% Other, 1.3% Samoan, 1.0% Sinhalese, 0.9% Spanish.

The religious makeup of Heathwood is 22.7% Catholic, 18.2% No religion, 14.3% Anglican, 8.3% Buddhism, 6.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.1% Hinduism, 4.9% Uniting Church, 3.7% Christian, nfd, 3.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.8% Islam.

59.6% of people are married, 32.0% have never married and 5.2% are divorced and 2.2% are separated. There are 14 widowed people living in Heathwood.

71.7% of the people living in Heathwood over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 20.8% are working on a part time basis. Heathwood has an unemployment rate of 3.5%.

The main occupations of people living in Heathwood are 21.9% Professionals, 16.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.4% Managers, 14.4% Technicians & trades workers, 9.9% Sales workers, 7.2% Community & personal service workers, 6.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 5.8% Labourers, 1.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Heathwood work in are 13.3% Manufacturing, 11.5% Retail trade, 9.4% Health care and social assistance, 9.3% Public administration and safety, 7.4% Professional, scientific and technical services, 7.2% Construction, 6.4% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.8% Wholesale trade, 5.6% Education and training.

9.4% of homes are fully owned, and 62.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 27.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $862 per week and the median household income is $2229 per week.

The median rent in Heathwood is $410 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2700 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Heathwood postcode 4110