Kanimbla Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Kanimbla (4870) is a suburb of Northern, Cairns, Queensland. It is about 1393 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Kanimbla is in the federal electorate of Leichhardt.

In the 2011 census the population of Kanimbla was 2,366 and is comprised of approximately 50.1% females and 49.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Kanimbla is 35 years of age.

75.5% of people living in the suburb of Kanimbla were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.9% New Zealand, 2.7% England, 1.6% Japan, 1.2% Philippines, 1.1% India, 1.1% Papua New Guinea, 1.0% Korea, Republic of , 0.8% China , 0.5% Italy, 0.5% Germany, 0.5% France, 0.5% Timor-Leste, 0.4% Indonesia, 0.4% Scotland.

82.1% of people living in Kanimbla speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.8% Japanese, 1.2% Korean, 1.2% Other, 0.9% Italian, 0.9% Cantonese, 0.8% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.8% Punjabi, 0.4% Tagalog.

The religious makeup of Kanimbla is 31.9% Catholic, 19.8% No religion, 17.4% Anglican, 7.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.2% Uniting Church, 4.1% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.2% Christian, nfd, 1.8% Buddhism, 1.5% Lutheran, 1.4% Other Religious Groups.

58.7% of people are married, 28.1% have never married and 8.6% are divorced and 2.7% are separated. There are 35 widowed people living in Kanimbla.

63.3% of the people living in Kanimbla over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 27.9% are working on a part time basis. Kanimbla has an unemployment rate of 3.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Kanimbla are 19.6% Professionals, 16.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.7% Managers, 14.9% Technicians & trades workers, 10.4% Community & personal service workers, 9.9% Sales workers, 7.5% Labourers, 3.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Kanimbla work in are 11.6% Retail trade, 11.1% Health care and social assistance, 9.7% Public administration and safety, 8.5% Education and training, 8.3% Accommodation and food services, 7.4% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.9% Construction, 6.0% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.4% Manufacturing.

23.9% of homes are fully owned, and 50.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 24.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $797 per week and the median household income is $1770 per week.

The median rent in Kanimbla is $350 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2000 per month.

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