Manoora Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Manoora (4870) is a suburb of Northern, Cairns, Queensland. It is about 1392 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Manoora is in the federal electorate of Leichhardt.

In the 2011 census the population of Manoora was 5,688 and is comprised of approximately 52.2% females and 47.8% males.

The median/average age of the population of Manoora is 32 years of age.

69.9% of people living in the suburb of Manoora were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.9% New Zealand, 2.5% Papua New Guinea, 2.5% England, 1.7% Philippines, 1.4% Japan, 0.6% Germany, 0.5% Korea, Republic of , 0.5% Cook Islands, 0.4% China , 0.3% Scotland, 0.3% Thailand, 0.3% Bhutan, 0.3% Italy, 0.3% Netherlands.

71.0% of people living in Manoora speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 9.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 7.3% Other, 3.4% Australian Indigenous Languages , 1.9% Japanese, 0.6% Korean, 0.6% Filipino , 0.6% Other, 0.6% Cantonese, 0.5% French.

The religious makeup of Manoora is 22.6% No religion, 20.5% Catholic, 18.9% Anglican, 14.6% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.1% Uniting Church, 3.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.5% Pentecostal, 2.0% Christian, nfd, 1.8% Buddhism, 1.6% Lutheran.

22.5% of people are married, 54.8% have never married and 13.3% are divorced and 5.2% are separated. There are 185 widowed people living in Manoora.

56.5% of the people living in Manoora over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 25.4% are working on a part time basis. Manoora has an unemployment rate of 12.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Manoora are 15.3% Community & personal service workers, 15.0% Technicians & trades workers, 14.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.0% Labourers, 13.6% Professionals, 11.3% Sales workers, 7.6% Managers, 6.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Manoora work in are 14.8% Health care and social assistance, 13.4% Accommodation and food services, 11.7% Retail trade, 7.4% Public administration and safety, 6.9% Construction, 6.7% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.5% Education and training, 4.8% Administrative and support services, 4.4% Other services.

13.6% of homes are fully owned, and 21.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 60.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $512 per week and the median household income is $802 per week.

The median rent in Manoora is $200 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1387 per month.

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