Hope Vale Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Hope Vale (4895) is a suburb of Northern, Cairns, Queensland. It is about 1589 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Hope Vale is in the federal electorate of Leichhardt.

In the 2011 census the population of Hope Vale was 1,005 and is comprised of approximately 46.9% females and 53.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Hope Vale is 25 years of age.

98.7% of people living in the suburb of Hope Vale were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth wer.

84.7% of people living in Hope Vale speak Australian Indigenous Languages . The other top languages spoken are 10.5% English only, 4.8% Language spoken at home not stated.

The religious makeup of Hope Vale is 85.4% Lutheran, 5.7% No religion, 3.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 2.7% Anglican, 1.2% Catholic, 0.6% Jehovah's Witnesses, 0.4% Other Religious Groups, 0.4% Christian, nfd, 0.3% Baptist, 0.3% Uniting Church.

15.2% of people are married, 75.9% have never married and 1.3% are divorced and 3.0% are separated. There are 33 widowed people living in Hope Vale.

41.5% of the people living in Hope Vale over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 24.5% are working on a part time basis. Hope Vale has an unemployment rate of 30.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Hope Vale are 26.1% Labourers, 15.3% Professionals, 13.6% Community & personal service workers, 13.6% Technicians & trades workers, 11.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 7.7% Managers, 7.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 4.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 1.0% Sales workers.

The main industries people from Hope Vale work in are 45.8% Public administration and safety, 12.7% Education and training, 9.5% Health care and social assistance, 6.3% Construction, 4.2% Other services, 4.2% Mining, 3.9% Administrative and support services, 3.9% Inadequately described/Not stated, 3.2% Agriculture, forestry and fishing.

2.6% of homes are fully owned, and 0.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 94.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $297 per week and the median household income is $882 per week.

The median rent in Hope Vale is $93 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $953 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Hope Vale postcode 4895