Wheatlands Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Wheatlands (4606) is a suburb of Central Coast, Bundaberg & Wide Bay, Queensland. It is about 181 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Wheatlands is in the federal electorate of Flynn.

In the 2011 census the population of Wheatlands was 214 and is comprised of approximately 47.7% females and 52.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Wheatlands is 41 years of age.

93.9% of people living in the suburb of Wheatlands were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.8% New Zealand.

98.1% of people living in Wheatlands speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.9% Language spoken at home not stated.

The religious makeup of Wheatlands is 22.5% No religion, 17.4% Anglican, 12.7% Uniting Church, 9.9% Catholic, 8.5% Christian, nfd, 6.6% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.1% Baptist, 3.8% Jehovah's Witnesses, 3.3% Churches of Christ, 3.3% Presbyterian and Reformed.

66.5% of people are married, 19.3% have never married and 4.3% are divorced and 5.6% are separated. There are 7 widowed people living in Wheatlands.

55.8% of the people living in Wheatlands over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.6% are working on a part time basis. Wheatlands has an unemployment rate of 5.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Wheatlands are 28.8% Managers, 18.9% Labourers, 13.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 9.9% Professionals, 7.2% Community & personal service workers, 4.5% Technicians & trades workers, 2.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 2.7% Sales workers.

The main industries people from Wheatlands work in are 31.8% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 15.5% Education and training, 10.9% Manufacturing, 8.2% Health care and social assistance, 5.5% Inadequately described/Not stated, 4.5% Administrative and support services, 3.6% Retail trade, 3.6% Transport, postal and warehousing, 2.7% Mining.

37.8% of homes are fully owned, and 41.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 14.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $439 per week and the median household income is $1264 per week.

The median rent in Wheatlands is $80 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $875 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Wheatlands postcode 4606