Upper Barron Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Upper Barron (4883) is a suburb of Northern, Cairns, Queensland. It is about 1360 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Upper Barron is in the federal electorate of Kennedy.

In the 2011 census the population of Upper Barron was 378 and is comprised of approximately 50.5% females and 49.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Upper Barron is 42 years of age.

83.9% of people living in the suburb of Upper Barron were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.9% New Zealand, 1.3% Philippines, 1.3% Papua New Guinea, 1.1% Germany, 0.8% England.

87.2% of people living in Upper Barron speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 8.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.6% German, 0.8% Other, 0.8% Indonesian, 0.8% Italian.

The religious makeup of Upper Barron is 25.5% Catholic, 17.2% No religion, 15.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 11.1% Uniting Church, 10.9% Anglican, 4.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.7% Christian, nfd, 3.4% Baptist, 2.9% Pentecostal, 1.9% Lutheran.

57.5% of people are married, 29.3% have never married and 6.1% are divorced and 4.1% are separated. There are 9 widowed people living in Upper Barron.

60.5% of the people living in Upper Barron over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 37.9% are working on a part time basis. Upper Barron has an unemployment rate of 0.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Upper Barron are 30.4% Managers, 18.0% Technicians & trades workers, 10.8% Labourers, 9.8% Community & personal service workers, 9.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.3% Professionals, 7.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 4.6% Sales workers.

The main industries people from Upper Barron work in are 28.3% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 8.9% Health care and social assistance, 8.9% Retail trade, 7.9% Construction, 7.9% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.3% Mining, 5.8% Education and training, 4.7% Inadequately described/Not stated, 4.7% Wholesale trade.

48.8% of homes are fully owned, and 20.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 31.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $474 per week and the median household income is $947 per week.

The median rent in Upper Barron is $200 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1554 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Upper Barron postcode 4883