Palm Cove Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Palm Cove (4879) is a suburb of Northern, Cairns, Queensland. It is about 1412 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Palm Cove is in the federal electorate of Leichhardt.

In the 2011 census the population of Palm Cove was 1,658 and is comprised of approximately 49.6% females and 50.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Palm Cove is 45 years of age.

58.6% of people living in the suburb of Palm Cove were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 10.0% England, 5.1% New Zealand, 1.9% Scotland, 1.2% Germany, 1.1% South Africa, 1.0% Netherlands, 0.7% United States of America, 0.7% Japan, 0.5% Italy, 0.5% Canada, 0.5% Ireland, 0.5% Malaysia, 0.4% France, 0.4% Poland.

81.3% of people living in Palm Cove speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 10.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.7% Other, 1.4% German, 1.1% Dutch, 0.7% Italian, 0.6% Japanese, 0.5% Spanish, 0.4% Arabic, 0.3% Khmer.

The religious makeup of Palm Cove is 26.7% No religion, 22.6% Catholic, 19.2% Anglican, 13.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.0% Uniting Church, 2.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.4% Christian, nfd, 2.1% Buddhism, 1.6% Lutheran, 1.1% Baptist.

52.4% of people are married, 29.6% have never married and 11.8% are divorced and 3.3% are separated. There are 41 widowed people living in Palm Cove.

60.1% of the people living in Palm Cove over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 25.7% are working on a part time basis. Palm Cove has an unemployment rate of 6.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Palm Cove are 19.9% Professionals, 18.9% Managers, 14.0% Technicians & trades workers, 12.6% Community & personal service workers, 11.9% Sales workers, 10.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 8.7% Labourers, 2.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 0.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Palm Cove work in are 21.9% Accommodation and food services, 12.6% Retail trade, 10.9% Health care and social assistance, 7.8% Construction, 5.9% Education and training, 5.3% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.9% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.5% Public administration and safety, 3.7% Administrative and support services.

23.0% of homes are fully owned, and 26.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 46.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $645 per week and the median household income is $1051 per week.

The median rent in Palm Cove is $295 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1842 per month.

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