Aitkenvale Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Aitkenvale (4814) is a suburb of Northern, Townsville, Queensland. It is about 1110 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Aitkenvale is in the federal electorate of Herbert.

In the 2011 census the population of Aitkenvale was 4,909 and is comprised of approximately 50.1% females and 49.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Aitkenvale is 34 years of age.

77.4% of people living in the suburb of Aitkenvale were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.5% New Zealand, 2.2% England, 0.8% Philippines, 0.8% India, 0.7% South Africa, 0.6% Italy, 0.4% China , 0.4% Papua New Guinea, 0.3% Scotland, 0.3% Vietnam, 0.3% Zimbabwe, 0.3% Korea, Republic of , 0.2% Canada, 0.2% Austria.

84.2% of people living in Aitkenvale speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.6% Other, 0.6% Italian, 0.5% Mandarin, 0.5% Tagalog, 0.4% German, 0.4% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.3% Spanish, 0.3% Vietnamese.

The religious makeup of Aitkenvale is 25.9% Catholic, 21.5% No religion, 15.9% Anglican, 11.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.0% Uniting Church, 3.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.2% Christian, nfd, 2.2% Pentecostal, 1.2% Baptist, 1.0% Other religious affiliation .

40.9% of people are married, 41.0% have never married and 9.6% are divorced and 3.2% are separated. There are 211 widowed people living in Aitkenvale.

60.0% of the people living in Aitkenvale over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.7% are working on a part time basis. Aitkenvale has an unemployment rate of 5.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Aitkenvale are 18.9% Professionals, 16.7% Technicians & trades workers, 13.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.2% Community & personal service workers, 11.9% Labourers, 9.4% Sales workers, 8.6% Managers, 7.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Aitkenvale work in are 14.3% Health care and social assistance, 10.5% Retail trade, 10.5% Public administration and safety, 9.9% Education and training, 9.1% Construction, 8.5% Accommodation and food services, 6.4% Manufacturing, 4.7% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.3% Transport, postal and warehousing.

26.6% of homes are fully owned, and 26.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 44.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $588 per week and the median household income is $1212 per week.

The median rent in Aitkenvale is $275 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Aitkenvale postcode 4814