Bidwill Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Bidwill (4650) is a suburb of Central Coast, Bundaberg & Wide Bay, Queensland. It is about 212 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Bidwill is in the federal electorate of Wide Bay.

In the 2011 census the population of Bidwill was 472 and is comprised of approximately 49.6% females and 50.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Bidwill is 46 years of age.

87.7% of people living in the suburb of Bidwill were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.0% England, 1.5% New Zealand, 1.1% South Eastern Europe, nfd, 1.1% United States of America, 1.1% Fiji, 0.8% Germany.

98.3% of people living in Bidwill speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.6% Thai.

The religious makeup of Bidwill is 32.6% Anglican, 24.2% No religion, 14.4% Catholic, 6.6% Uniting Church, 6.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.8% Christian, nfd, 3.8% Lutheran, 3.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.7% Other Christian, 1.3% Baptist.

63.0% of people are married, 21.6% have never married and 8.3% are divorced and 2.3% are separated. There are 18 widowed people living in Bidwill.

59.3% of the people living in Bidwill over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.2% are working on a part time basis. Bidwill has an unemployment rate of 8.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Bidwill are 18.5% Technicians & trades workers, 17.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.5% Managers, 13.0% Community & personal service workers, 10.5% Professionals, 9.5% Labourers, 9.0% Sales workers, 6.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Bidwill work in are 16.1% Manufacturing, 15.6% Health care and social assistance, 14.6% Retail trade, 7.5% Construction, 7.0% Education and training, 6.5% Public administration and safety, 6.0% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.5% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 4.5% Electricity, gas, water and waste services.

43.7% of homes are fully owned, and 42.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 10.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $469 per week and the median household income is $920 per week.

The median rent in Bidwill is $158 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1142 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Bidwill postcode 4650