Mount Garnet Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Mount Garnet (4872) is a suburb of Northern, Cairns, Queensland. It is about 1358 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Mount Garnet is in the federal electorate of Kennedy.

In the 2011 census the population of Mount Garnet was 433 and is comprised of approximately 46.7% females and 53.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Mount Garnet is 37 years of age.

84.1% of people living in the suburb of Mount Garnet were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.3% England, 1.4% New Zealand, 1.2% Romania, 0.9% Netherlands, 0.9% Germany.

90.7% of people living in Mount Garnet speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Arabic, 0.7% Dutch, 0.7% Hungarian.

The religious makeup of Mount Garnet is 19.5% Catholic, 18.6% No religion, 17.2% Anglican, 17.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 15.2% Pentecostal, 5.1% Uniting Church, 1.4% Baptist, 1.4% Christian, nfd, 1.4% Buddhism, 1.1% Presbyterian and Reformed.

37.5% of people are married, 42.6% have never married and 9.0% are divorced and 5.7% are separated. There are 17 widowed people living in Mount Garnet.

50.0% of the people living in Mount Garnet over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 24.0% are working on a part time basis. Mount Garnet has an unemployment rate of 15.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Mount Garnet are 17.9% Labourers, 16.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 15.4% Community & personal service workers, 10.6% Technicians & trades workers, 9.8% Managers, 9.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 7.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 7.3% Professionals, 5.7% Sales workers.

The main industries people from Mount Garnet work in are 19.8% Mining, 10.3% Transport, postal and warehousing, 10.3% Education and training, 9.5% Inadequately described/Not stated, 9.5% Accommodation and food services, 8.7% Health care and social assistance, 4.8% Wholesale trade, 4.8% Retail trade, 4.8% Construction.

36.5% of homes are fully owned, and 16.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 38.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $357 per week and the median household income is $564 per week.

The median rent in Mount Garnet is $140 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1000 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Mount Garnet postcode 4872