Barlows Hill Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Barlows Hill (4703) is a suburb of Central Coast, Rockhampton, Queensland. It is about 536 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Barlows Hill is in the federal electorate of Capricornia.

In the 2011 census the population of Barlows Hill was 770 and is comprised of approximately 49.6% females and 50.4% males.

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

83.6% of people living in the suburb of Barlows Hill were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.6% New Zealand, 2.5% England, 1.7% Philippines, 1.0% Scotland, 1.0% Papua New Guinea, 0.9% South Africa, 0.8% Germany, 0.7% Netherlands.

91.9% of people living in Barlows Hill speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.4% Tagalog, 0.8% Japanese, 0.4% Polish, 0.4% Other, 0.4% Dutch.

The religious makeup of Barlows Hill is 27.0% Catholic, 25.1% No religion, 20.9% Anglican, 8.3% Uniting Church, 6.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.1% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.8% Other Protestant, 1.6% Buddhism, 1.3% Lutheran, 1.3% Baptist.

55.8% of people are married, 29.2% have never married and 6.4% are divorced and 3.6% are separated. There are 31 widowed people living in Barlows Hill.

58.9% of the people living in Barlows Hill over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.5% are working on a part time basis. Barlows Hill has an unemployment rate of 5.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Barlows Hill are 21.2% Professionals, 17.5% Technicians & trades workers, 12.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.0% Managers, 10.6% Sales workers, 9.2% Community & personal service workers, 8.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 6.3% Labourers, 2.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Barlows Hill work in are 13.1% Education and training, 11.4% Retail trade, 10.5% Construction, 8.5% Health care and social assistance, 8.0% Mining, 7.7% Accommodation and food services, 6.6% Manufacturing, 5.4% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.1% Professional, scientific and technical services.

36.2% of homes are fully owned, and 32.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 27.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $602 per week and the median household income is $1237 per week.

The median rent in Barlows Hill is $300 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1517 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Barlows Hill postcode 4703