Woolloongabba Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Woolloongabba (4102) is a suburb of Brisbane, Southern Suburbs, Queensland. It is about 2 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Woolloongabba is in the federal electorate of Griffith.

In the 2011 census the population of Woolloongabba was 4,789 and is comprised of approximately 46.8% females and 53.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Woolloongabba is 31 years of age.

54.9% of people living in the suburb of Woolloongabba were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.1% India, 3.1% New Zealand, 2.8% England, 2.6% Korea, Republic of , 2.5% China , 2.3% Vietnam, 1.2% Taiwan, 1.1% Nepal, 1.1% Malaysia, 0.9% Philippines, 0.8% Sri Lanka, 0.7% Thailand, 0.7% Greece, 0.6% Ireland.

62.6% of people living in Woolloongabba speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 9.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.4% Other, 3.3% Mandarin, 2.7% Vietnamese, 2.5% Korean, 2.0% Cantonese, 1.8% Other, 1.2% Greek, 0.9% Italian.

The religious makeup of Woolloongabba is 30.6% No religion, 18.1% Catholic, 12.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 9.3% Anglican, 5.2% Buddhism, 3.5% Eastern Orthodox, 3.0% Hinduism, 2.5% Uniting Church, 2.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.4% Islam.

28.3% of people are married, 56.8% have never married and 8.4% are divorced and 2.5% are separated. There are 173 widowed people living in Woolloongabba.

58.4% of the people living in Woolloongabba over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.8% are working on a part time basis. Woolloongabba has an unemployment rate of 7.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Woolloongabba are 31.7% Professionals, 13.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.6% Community & personal service workers, 10.2% Managers, 9.9% Technicians & trades workers, 9.3% Labourers, 8.8% Sales workers, 3.8% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Woolloongabba work in are 14.3% Health care and social assistance, 11.2% Accommodation and food services, 10.4% Professional, scientific and technical services, 8.9% Retail trade, 8.4% Education and training, 7.2% Public administration and safety, 6.4% Construction, 5.3% Manufacturing, 3.7% Financial and insurance services.

16.1% of homes are fully owned, and 21.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 58.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $598 per week and the median household income is $1330 per week.

The median rent in Woolloongabba is $320 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2200 per month.

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