Karumba Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Karumba (4891) is a suburb of Northern, Far North, Queensland. It is about 1670 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Karumba is in the federal electorate of Kennedy.

In the 2011 census the population of Karumba was 587 and is comprised of approximately 43.6% females and 56.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Karumba is 47 years of age.

77.2% of people living in the suburb of Karumba were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.1% New Zealand, 2.9% Indonesia, 2.2% England, 2.2% Germany, 1.2% Philippines, 0.9% Czech Republic, 0.9% Finland, 0.9% Canada, 0.9% Italy, 0.7% Netherlands.

88.3% of people living in Karumba speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.2% Indonesian, 1.0% German, 0.5% Thai, 0.5% Russian, 0.5% Portuguese, 0.5% Croatian, 0.5% Other, 0.5% Filipino .

The religious makeup of Karumba is 23.3% Anglican, 22.0% No religion, 21.1% Catholic, 11.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.0% Uniting Church, 4.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.7% Islam, 2.2% Lutheran, 1.5% Baptist, 1.0% Salvation Army.

50.1% of people are married, 28.2% have never married and 12.5% are divorced and 5.4% are separated. There are 19 widowed people living in Karumba.

66.3% of the people living in Karumba over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 18.6% are working on a part time basis. Karumba has an unemployment rate of 5.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Karumba are 26.1% Labourers, 17.6% Managers, 15.1% Technicians & trades workers, 9.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.2% Professionals, 8.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.1% Community & personal service workers, 3.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 2.9% Sales workers.

The main industries people from Karumba work in are 14.3% Accommodation and food services, 14.0% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 11.8% Transport, postal and warehousing, 10.7% Mining, 7.4% Wholesale trade, 7.0% Retail trade, 6.2% Manufacturing, 5.5% Public administration and safety, 5.1% Inadequately described/Not stated.

35.3% of homes are fully owned, and 14.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 39.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $548 per week and the median household income is $895 per week.

The median rent in Karumba is $126 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1061 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Karumba postcode 4891