Holloways Beach Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Holloways Beach (4878) is a suburb of Northern, Cairns, Queensland. It is about 1399 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Holloways Beach is in the federal electorate of Leichhardt.

In the 2011 census the population of Holloways Beach was 2,283 and is comprised of approximately 51.3% females and 48.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Holloways Beach is 41 years of age.

68.7% of people living in the suburb of Holloways Beach were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.4% England, 4.3% New Zealand, 1.1% Germany, 1.0% Papua New Guinea, 0.7% Scotland, 0.7% Japan, 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.5% Philippines, 0.4% Peru, 0.4% United States of America, 0.4% Russian Federation, 0.4% India, 0.4% Canada.

84.3% of people living in Holloways Beach speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.5% Other, 1.1% German, 1.0% French, 0.7% Japanese, 0.5% Italian, 0.5% Dutch, 0.3% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.3% Spanish.

The religious makeup of Holloways Beach is 31.8% No religion, 20.4% Catholic, 15.0% Anglican, 14.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.5% Uniting Church, 3.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.8% Buddhism, 1.7% Other religious affiliation , 1.6% Christian, nfd, 1.4% Lutheran.

37.2% of people are married, 39.6% have never married and 15.3% are divorced and 3.8% are separated. There are 78 widowed people living in Holloways Beach.

60.8% of the people living in Holloways Beach over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.8% are working on a part time basis. Holloways Beach has an unemployment rate of 6.5%.

The main occupations of people living in Holloways Beach are 19.8% Professionals, 15.1% Technicians & trades workers, 14.0% Community & personal service workers, 12.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.9% Managers, 10.1% Labourers, 8.6% Sales workers, 6.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Holloways Beach work in are 14.6% Health care and social assistance, 10.6% Construction, 10.3% Accommodation and food services, 8.8% Retail trade, 7.9% Public administration and safety, 7.6% Transport, postal and warehousing, 7.5% Education and training, 5.9% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.9% Administrative and support services.

22.4% of homes are fully owned, and 34.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 39.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $656 per week and the median household income is $988 per week.

The median rent in Holloways Beach is $240 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1387 per month.

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