Bloomsbury Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Bloomsbury (4799) is a suburb of Central Coast, Mackay & Whitsundays, Queensland. It is about 876 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Bloomsbury is in the federal electorate of Dawson.

In the 2011 census the population of Bloomsbury was 594 and is comprised of approximately 47.1% females and 52.9% males.

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

82.2% of people living in the suburb of Bloomsbury were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.2% England, 2.9% New Zealand, 1.2% Germany, 1.0% France, 0.8% Philippines, 0.8% Zimbabwe.

91.4% of people living in Bloomsbury speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Tagalog, 0.7% German, 0.5% French.

The religious makeup of Bloomsbury is 25.2% Anglican, 21.3% Catholic, 20.1% No religion, 11.8% Uniting Church, 10.6% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.7% Christian, nfd, 1.2% Buddhism, 1.0% Lutheran, 0.8% Pentecostal.

48.7% of people are married, 28.0% have never married and 13.0% are divorced and 4.0% are separated. There are 29 widowed people living in Bloomsbury.

62.4% of the people living in Bloomsbury over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 24.7% are working on a part time basis. Bloomsbury has an unemployment rate of 4.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Bloomsbury are 21.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 17.1% Managers, 15.9% Labourers, 13.9% Technicians & trades workers, 10.2% Professionals, 7.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 4.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 4.9% Community & personal service workers, 4.1% Sales workers.

The main industries people from Bloomsbury work in are 18.8% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 14.3% Mining, 11.0% Retail trade, 9.8% Accommodation and food services, 9.4% Construction, 6.1% Inadequately described/Not stated, 6.1% Health care and social assistance, 6.1% Manufacturing, 4.9% Other services.

37.9% of homes are fully owned, and 37.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 19.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $468 per week and the median household income is $881 per week.

The median rent in Bloomsbury is $140 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1083 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Bloomsbury postcode 4799