Cherbourg Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Cherbourg (4605) is a suburb of Central Coast, Bundaberg & Wide Bay, Queensland. It is about 169 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Cherbourg is in the federal electorate of Wide Bay.

In the 2011 census the population of Cherbourg was 1,226 and is comprised of approximately 51.5% females and 48.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Cherbourg is 22 years of age.

99.4% of people living in the suburb of Cherbourg were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth wer.

91.9% of people living in Cherbourg speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.9% Other, 1.1% Language spoken at home not stated.

The religious makeup of Cherbourg is 37.5% Baptist, 16.6% Anglican, 14.0% No religion, 12.9% Catholic, 12.6% Other Protestant, 3.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 0.9% Uniting Church, 0.7% Other religious affiliation , 0.5% Lutheran, 0.4% Christian, nfd.

9.3% of people are married, 82.3% have never married and 3.5% are divorced and 1.8% are separated. There are 25 widowed people living in Cherbourg.

40.6% of the people living in Cherbourg over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 22.0% are working on a part time basis. Cherbourg has an unemployment rate of 35.5%.

The main occupations of people living in Cherbourg are 31.0% Community & personal service workers, 27.6% Labourers, 9.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 7.9% Professionals, 6.4% Machinery operators & drivers, 5.9% Managers, 5.9% Technicians & trades workers, 3.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 2.5% Sales workers.

The main industries people from Cherbourg work in are 40.5% Public administration and safety, 24.9% Health care and social assistance, 11.7% Education and training, 5.9% Other services, 3.9% Construction, 2.9% Mining, 2.9% Administrative and support services, 1.5% Accommodation and food services, 1.5% Inadequately described/Not stated.

0.0% of homes are fully owned, and 0.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 100.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $282 per week and the median household income is $788 per week.

The median rent in Cherbourg is $75 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $0 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Cherbourg postcode 4605