Urangan Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Urangan (4655) is a suburb of Central Coast, Bundaberg & Wide Bay, Queensland. It is about 242 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Urangan is in the federal electorate of Hinkler.

In the 2011 census the population of Urangan was 9,169 and is comprised of approximately 51.7% females and 48.3% males.

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

77.9% of people living in the suburb of Urangan were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.1% England, 3.9% New Zealand, 0.9% Germany, 0.7% Netherlands, 0.6% Scotland, 0.5% Philippines, 0.4% South Africa, 0.3% Canada, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Wales, 0.2% Hungary, 0.2% United States of America, 0.2% Papua New Guinea, 0.2% Thailand.

92.2% of people living in Urangan speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.8% Other, 0.6% German, 0.4% Dutch, 0.2% Tagalog, 0.2% French, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Mandarin, 0.2% Hungarian.

The religious makeup of Urangan is 24.3% Anglican, 23.2% No religion, 19.9% Catholic, 8.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.4% Uniting Church, 4.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.3% Baptist, 2.1% Lutheran, 2.1% Christian, nfd, 1.1% Buddhism.

48.7% of people are married, 27.0% have never married and 12.5% are divorced and 4.8% are separated. There are 527 widowed people living in Urangan.

47.3% of the people living in Urangan over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.0% are working on a part time basis. Urangan has an unemployment rate of 12.5%.

The main occupations of people living in Urangan are 15.0% Technicians & trades workers, 14.9% Professionals, 14.7% Labourers, 14.5% Community & personal service workers, 11.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.1% Sales workers, 10.0% Managers, 6.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Urangan work in are 15.3% Health care and social assistance, 12.7% Accommodation and food services, 11.7% Retail trade, 8.6% Construction, 8.3% Education and training, 5.5% Manufacturing, 4.7% Public administration and safety, 4.7% Other services, 4.4% Transport, postal and warehousing.

37.5% of homes are fully owned, and 20.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 38.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $387 per week and the median household income is $713 per week.

The median rent in Urangan is $250 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1517 per month.

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