Gooburrum Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Gooburrum (4670) is a suburb of Central Coast, Bundaberg & Wide Bay, Queensland. It is about 300 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Gooburrum is in the federal electorate of Flynn.

In the 2011 census the population of Gooburrum was 1,467 and is comprised of approximately 49.2% females and 50.8% males.

The median/average age of the population of Gooburrum is 42 years of age.

84.8% of people living in the suburb of Gooburrum were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.0% England, 1.3% New Zealand, 0.8% Netherlands, 0.8% Italy, 0.5% Scotland, 0.4% Indonesia, 0.4% China , 0.4% Philippines, 0.4% Fiji, 0.3% Germany, 0.3% Singapore, 0.3% United States of America, 0.3% Vietnam, 0.3% France.

91.7% of people living in Gooburrum speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.6% Italian, 0.3% Other, 0.3% German, 0.3% French, 0.3% Tagalog, 0.3% Maltese, 0.2% Vietnamese, 0.2% Dutch.

The religious makeup of Gooburrum is 22.7% Catholic, 18.1% Anglican, 13.8% No religion, 13.5% Uniting Church, 10.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.7% Christian, nfd, 4.6% Lutheran, 2.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.9% Baptist, 1.8% Pentecostal.

64.3% of people are married, 23.8% have never married and 6.9% are divorced and 1.6% are separated. There are 39 widowed people living in Gooburrum.

62.1% of the people living in Gooburrum over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.9% are working on a part time basis. Gooburrum has an unemployment rate of 5.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Gooburrum are 17.6% Professionals, 15.1% Managers, 15.0% Technicians & trades workers, 14.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.1% Sales workers, 10.2% Labourers, 7.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 7.3% Community & personal service workers, 1.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Gooburrum work in are 14.4% Health care and social assistance, 13.3% Retail trade, 10.8% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 10.2% Construction, 8.7% Education and training, 6.3% Manufacturing, 5.1% Other services, 4.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.2% Transport, postal and warehousing.

48.1% of homes are fully owned, and 40.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 9.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $545 per week and the median household income is $1220 per week.

The median rent in Gooburrum is $229 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1625 per month.

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