Edmonton Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Edmonton (4869) is a suburb of Northern, Cairns, Queensland. It is about 1382 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Edmonton is in the federal electorates of Kennedy, Leichhardt.

In the 2011 census the population of Edmonton was 9,934 and is comprised of approximately 51.0% females and 49.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Edmonton is 30 years of age.

79.8% of people living in the suburb of Edmonton were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.7% New Zealand, 2.3% England, 1.1% Papua New Guinea, 0.5% Philippines, 0.4% Laos, 0.4% Italy, 0.4% Thailand, 0.4% Scotland, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Cook Islands, 0.3% Germany, 0.3% United States of America, 0.3% Netherlands, 0.3% Samoa.

84.9% of people living in Edmonton speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.5% Other, 0.8% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.8% Italian, 0.4% Japanese, 0.3% Samoan, 0.3% German, 0.3% Dutch, 0.2% Tagalog.

The religious makeup of Edmonton is 26.6% Catholic, 22.4% No religion, 17.6% Anglican, 11.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.4% Uniting Church, 3.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.4% Christian, nfd, 1.7% Baptist, 1.5% Pentecostal, 1.4% Buddhism.

44.9% of people are married, 38.7% have never married and 9.2% are divorced and 4.0% are separated. There are 229 widowed people living in Edmonton.

60.8% of the people living in Edmonton over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.7% are working on a part time basis. Edmonton has an unemployment rate of 6.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Edmonton are 19.0% Technicians & trades workers, 15.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.5% Sales workers, 12.5% Labourers, 11.0% Community & personal service workers, 10.3% Professionals, 8.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.6% Managers, 2.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Edmonton work in are 14.4% Retail trade, 12.0% Construction, 10.4% Health care and social assistance, 8.0% Public administration and safety, 7.2% Accommodation and food services, 6.7% Manufacturing, 6.5% Education and training, 6.2% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.9% Other services.

19.3% of homes are fully owned, and 41.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 36.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $608 per week and the median household income is $1190 per week.

The median rent in Edmonton is $270 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1790 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Edmonton postcode 4869