Craiglie Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Craiglie (4877) is a suburb of Northern, Cairns, Queensland. It is about 1443 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Craiglie is in the federal electorate of Leichhardt.

In the 2011 census the population of Craiglie was 1,032 and is comprised of approximately 49.3% females and 50.7% males.

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

66.9% of people living in the suburb of Craiglie were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 8.3% England, 5.0% New Zealand, 1.4% United States of America, 1.3% Canada, 1.0% Hong Kong , 1.0% Scotland, 0.6% Italy, 0.6% Morocco, 0.5% Ireland, 0.5% Japan, 0.5% India, 0.5% Singapore, 0.5% United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, nfd, 0.5% Vietnam.

88.7% of people living in Craiglie speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Italian, 0.6% Cantonese, 0.6% Japanese, 0.6% Other, 0.6% German, 0.3% Vietnamese, 0.3% Korean, 0.3% Dutch.

The religious makeup of Craiglie is 31.0% No religion, 24.3% Catholic, 18.9% Anglican, 9.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.5% Uniting Church, 2.6% Christian, nfd, 1.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.1% Buddhism, 0.8% Lutheran, 0.8% Baptist.

47.9% of people are married, 28.4% have never married and 12.0% are divorced and 3.2% are separated. There are 70 widowed people living in Craiglie.

62.3% of the people living in Craiglie over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 27.8% are working on a part time basis. Craiglie has an unemployment rate of 2.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Craiglie are 19.8% Technicians & trades workers, 17.9% Managers, 11.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.7% Community & personal service workers, 11.3% Sales workers, 10.7% Professionals, 10.6% Labourers, 4.8% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Craiglie work in are 22.9% Accommodation and food services, 10.9% Construction, 9.6% Retail trade, 7.6% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.3% Health care and social assistance, 5.7% Other services, 4.8% Administrative and support services, 4.4% Education and training, 4.0% Agriculture, forestry and fishing.

25.8% of homes are fully owned, and 34.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 36.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $622 per week and the median household income is $1071 per week.

The median rent in Craiglie is $285 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1800 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Craiglie postcode 4877