Doomadgee Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Doomadgee (4830) is a suburb of Northern, Far North, Queensland. It is about 1837 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Doomadgee is in the federal electorate of Kennedy.

In the 2011 census the population of Doomadgee was 1,257 and is comprised of approximately 48.4% females and 51.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Doomadgee is 22 years of age.

97.4% of people living in the suburb of Doomadgee were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 0.9% Philippines, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% England, 0.2% New Zealand.

96.0% of people living in Doomadgee speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.1% Australian Indigenous Languages , 1.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.3% Filipino , 0.2% Other .

The religious makeup of Doomadgee is 45.3% Brethren, 15.8% No religion, 12.0% Baptist, 10.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.3% Christian, nfd, 3.2% Catholic, 2.9% Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions, 2.5% Uniting Church, 1.9% Anglican, 0.9% Presbyterian and Reformed.

21.2% of people are married, 69.6% have never married and 2.3% are divorced and 1.9% are separated. There are 39 widowed people living in Doomadgee.

44.1% of the people living in Doomadgee over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 27.4% are working on a part time basis. Doomadgee has an unemployment rate of 19.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Doomadgee are 31.5% Labourers, 22.9% Community & personal service workers, 14.0% Professionals, 7.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 7.2% Managers, 6.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 6.1% Technicians & trades workers, 3.6% Sales workers, 1.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Doomadgee work in are 20.4% Other services, 17.9% Education and training, 16.1% Public administration and safety, 15.1% Health care and social assistance, 8.2% Construction, 5.7% Inadequately described/Not stated, 5.0% Retail trade, 3.6% Mining, 2.9% Administrative and support services.

1.9% of homes are fully owned, and 9.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 88.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $280 per week and the median household income is $1155 per week.

The median rent in Doomadgee is $105 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $303 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Doomadgee postcode 4830