Park Avenue Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Park Avenue (4701) is a suburb of Central Coast, Rockhampton, Queensland. It is about 522 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Park Avenue is in the federal electorate of Capricornia.

In the 2011 census the population of Park Avenue was 5,366 and is comprised of approximately 51.8% females and 48.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Park Avenue is 36 years of age.

85.5% of people living in the suburb of Park Avenue were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.3% New Zealand, 0.8% England, 0.8% Philippines, 0.6% Brazil, 0.3% China , 0.3% Netherlands, 0.3% United States of America, 0.3% Bangladesh, 0.2% Thailand, 0.2% Scotland, 0.2% Sri Lanka, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% India, 0.1% South Africa.

89.8% of people living in Park Avenue speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Portuguese, 0.6% Other, 0.3% Filipino , 0.3% Tagalog, 0.3% Bengali, 0.3% Thai, 0.2% Cantonese, 0.2% Sinhalese.

The religious makeup of Park Avenue is 25.3% Catholic, 19.3% Anglican, 19.2% No religion, 10.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.0% Uniting Church, 5.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.2% Christian, nfd, 2.4% Baptist, 1.0% Salvation Army, 1.0% Pentecostal.

41.8% of people are married, 36.8% have never married and 9.2% are divorced and 3.7% are separated. There are 367 widowed people living in Park Avenue.

61.9% of the people living in Park Avenue over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.5% are working on a part time basis. Park Avenue has an unemployment rate of 5.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Park Avenue are 17.9% Technicians & trades workers, 15.5% Labourers, 14.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.2% Professionals, 11.2% Community & personal service workers, 10.5% Sales workers, 8.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 6.4% Managers, 2.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Park Avenue work in are 14.2% Health care and social assistance, 13.8% Retail trade, 8.9% Manufacturing, 8.4% Construction, 7.7% Accommodation and food services, 7.7% Education and training, 7.5% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.4% Public administration and safety, 3.7% Other services.

31.3% of homes are fully owned, and 29.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 35.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $541 per week and the median household income is $995 per week.

The median rent in Park Avenue is $230 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1523 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Park Avenue postcode 4701