Seventeen Mile Rocks Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Seventeen Mile Rocks (4073) is a suburb of Brisbane, Southern Suburbs, Queensland. It is about 11 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Seventeen Mile Rocks is in the federal electorate of Oxley.

In the 2011 census the population of Seventeen Mile Rocks was 2,970 and is comprised of approximately 50.8% females and 49.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Seventeen Mile Rocks is 34 years of age.

72.4% of people living in the suburb of Seventeen Mile Rocks were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.1% England, 3.6% New Zealand, 2.4% South Africa, 1.0% Germany, 1.0% India, 0.9% Vietnam, 0.9% Scotland, 0.9% Malaysia, 0.8% Iran, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.5% France, 0.5% Papua New Guinea, 0.4% Fiji, 0.4% Poland.

85.2% of people living in Seventeen Mile Rocks speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.6% Vietnamese, 1.6% Other, 1.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.9% German, 0.8% Hindi, 0.8% Mandarin, 0.8% Spanish, 0.7% Polish, 0.7% Cantonese.

The religious makeup of Seventeen Mile Rocks is 28.2% Catholic, 24.5% No religion, 16.9% Anglican, 6.3% Uniting Church, 4.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.7% Baptist, 2.5% Lutheran, 1.6% Buddhism, 1.6% Hinduism.

60.8% of people are married, 27.4% have never married and 7.3% are divorced and 2.7% are separated. There are 41 widowed people living in Seventeen Mile Rocks.

64.9% of the people living in Seventeen Mile Rocks 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. Seventeen Mile Rocks has an unemployment rate of 4.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Seventeen Mile Rocks are 32.0% Professionals, 15.9% Managers, 15.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.8% Technicians & trades workers, 8.7% Community & personal service workers, 7.0% Sales workers, 4.7% Labourers, 3.8% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Seventeen Mile Rocks work in are 13.0% Health care and social assistance, 12.4% Professional, scientific and technical services, 11.5% Education and training, 9.9% Public administration and safety, 7.5% Manufacturing, 7.3% Retail trade, 5.5% Construction, 4.8% Wholesale trade, 4.5% Transport, postal and warehousing.

23.7% of homes are fully owned, and 52.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 21.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $928 per week and the median household income is $2107 per week.

The median rent in Seventeen Mile Rocks is $380 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2200 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Seventeen Mile Rocks postcode 4073