Dimbulah Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Dimbulah (4872) is a suburb of Northern, Cairns, Queensland. It is about 1406 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Dimbulah is in the federal electorate of Kennedy.

In the 2011 census the population of Dimbulah was 1,414 and is comprised of approximately 47.2% females and 52.8% males.

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

76.6% of people living in the suburb of Dimbulah were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.8% Italy, 1.8% New Zealand, 1.8% England, 1.3% Croatia, 0.6% Papua New Guinea, 0.6% Spain, 0.5% Malta, 0.5% Germany, 0.4% Vietnam, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% Switzerland, 0.4% Sweden, 0.4% Kenya, 0.4% Slovenia.

79.2% of people living in Dimbulah speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 12.6% Italian, 3.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.2% Croatian, 1.4% Other, 1.0% German, 0.4% Vietnamese, 0.2% Hungarian.

The religious makeup of Dimbulah is 41.8% Catholic, 16.8% No religion, 14.7% Anglican, 9.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.2% Uniting Church, 4.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.8% Seventh-day Adventist, 1.7% Christian, nfd, 1.1% Baptist, 0.9% Lutheran.

54.9% of people are married, 29.8% have never married and 7.5% are divorced and 2.7% are separated. There are 55 widowed people living in Dimbulah.

59.0% of the people living in Dimbulah over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.0% are working on a part time basis. Dimbulah has an unemployment rate of 5.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Dimbulah are 37.1% Managers, 16.5% Labourers, 8.3% Technicians & trades workers, 8.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 8.0% Professionals, 7.8% Machinery operators & drivers, 7.5% Community & personal service workers, 3.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 3.0% Sales workers.

The main industries people from Dimbulah work in are 42.6% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 9.3% Education and training, 6.2% Construction, 5.6% Retail trade, 5.3% Public administration and safety, 5.3% Mining, 5.1% Inadequately described/Not stated, 4.6% Health care and social assistance, 3.5% Manufacturing.

45.2% of homes are fully owned, and 25.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 24.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $371 per week and the median household income is $697 per week.

The median rent in Dimbulah is $100 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1192 per month.

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