Kamerunga Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Kamerunga (4870) is a suburb of Northern, Cairns, Queensland. It is about 1398 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Kamerunga is in the federal electorate of Leichhardt.

In the 2011 census the population of Kamerunga was 926 and is comprised of approximately 49.8% females and 50.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Kamerunga is 38 years of age.

73.8% of people living in the suburb of Kamerunga were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.3% England, 3.6% New Zealand, 1.9% Papua New Guinea, 1.1% South Africa, 1.1% Germany, 0.9% Scotland, 0.9% Canada, 0.8% Fiji, 0.6% Switzerland, 0.6% United States of America, 0.5% China , 0.5% Netherlands, 0.5% Malaysia, 0.4% Italy.

89.0% of people living in Kamerunga speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.0% Other, 1.1% German, 1.0% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.6% Urdu, 0.3% Spanish, 0.3% Dutch, 0.3% Other, 0.3% Cantonese.

The religious makeup of Kamerunga is 31.9% No religion, 19.7% Catholic, 17.1% Anglican, 8.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.1% Uniting Church, 3.7% Lutheran, 2.7% Baptist, 2.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.0% Pentecostal, 1.8% Christian, nfd.

47.4% of people are married, 36.0% have never married and 10.6% are divorced and 3.4% are separated. There are 19 widowed people living in Kamerunga.

59.1% of the people living in Kamerunga over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.1% are working on a part time basis. Kamerunga has an unemployment rate of 4.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Kamerunga are 21.4% Professionals, 16.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.6% Technicians & trades workers, 14.0% Community & personal service workers, 11.9% Managers, 10.3% Sales workers, 5.6% Labourers, 4.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 0.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Kamerunga work in are 13.8% Education and training, 13.4% Health care and social assistance, 10.1% Retail trade, 10.1% Construction, 9.5% Public administration and safety, 7.8% Accommodation and food services, 7.0% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.6% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.3% Manufacturing.

23.8% of homes are fully owned, and 46.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 27.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $750 per week and the median household income is $1542 per week.

The median rent in Kamerunga is $330 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1820 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Kamerunga postcode 4870