Sun Valley Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Sun Valley (4680) is a suburb of Central Coast, Rockhampton, Queensland. It is about 437 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Sun Valley is in the federal electorate of Flynn.

In the 2011 census the population of Sun Valley was 1,469 and is comprised of approximately 48.7% females and 51.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Sun Valley is 32 years of age.

81.3% of people living in the suburb of Sun Valley were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.3% New Zealand, 1.6% England, 0.7% South Africa, 0.5% Philippines, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.5% Namibia, 0.5% Papua New Guinea, 0.4% Belgium, 0.3% Thailand, 0.3% Samoa, 0.3% South Eastern Europe, nfd, 0.3% Scotland, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% Vietnam.

90.5% of people living in Sun Valley speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.6% Other, 0.5% German, 0.3% Vietnamese, 0.3% Dutch, 0.2% Polish, 0.2% Thai, 0.2% Tagalog, 0.2% Italian.

The religious makeup of Sun Valley is 27.1% No religion, 19.6% Anglican, 18.7% Catholic, 10.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 4.9% Uniting Church, 4.2% Baptist, 2.2% Christian, nfd, 2.0% Pentecostal, 2.0% Lutheran.

47.0% of people are married, 37.8% have never married and 8.9% are divorced and 3.7% are separated. There are 29 widowed people living in Sun Valley.

63.9% of the people living in Sun Valley over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 25.7% are working on a part time basis. Sun Valley has an unemployment rate of 5.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Sun Valley are 23.7% Technicians & trades workers, 15.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 12.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.9% Labourers, 10.5% Sales workers, 9.6% Professionals, 8.7% Community & personal service workers, 5.7% Managers, 2.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Sun Valley work in are 17.4% Manufacturing, 15.0% Construction, 10.5% Retail trade, 8.2% Transport, postal and warehousing, 7.6% Health care and social assistance, 7.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.8% Accommodation and food services, 5.6% Education and training, 5.4% Other services.

23.7% of homes are fully owned, and 50.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 23.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $723 per week and the median household income is $1850 per week.

The median rent in Sun Valley is $350 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1800 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Sun Valley postcode 4680