Bohle Plains Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Bohle Plains (4817) is a suburb of Northern, Townsville, Queensland. It is about 1116 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Bohle Plains is in the federal electorates of Herbert, Kennedy.

In the 2011 census the population of Bohle Plains was 2,200 and is comprised of approximately 50.7% females and 49.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Bohle Plains is 26 years of age.

83.5% of people living in the suburb of Bohle Plains were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.0% England, 2.4% New Zealand, 1.1% India, 1.1% South Africa, 0.5% Zimbabwe, 0.4% Korea, Republic of , 0.4% Philippines, 0.3% Belgium, 0.3% Germany, 0.3% France, 0.2% Denmark, 0.2% United States of America, 0.2% Canada, 0.2% Thailand.

91.0% of people living in Bohle Plains speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.0% Other, 0.4% Italian, 0.4% Korean, 0.3% German, 0.3% Punjabi, 0.2% Cantonese, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Hindi.

The religious makeup of Bohle Plains is 31.7% Catholic, 22.3% No religion, 20.8% Anglican, 7.6% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.6% Uniting Church, 3.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.8% Christian, nfd, 1.2% Baptist, 1.2% Lutheran, 0.7% Pentecostal.

55.4% of people are married, 34.3% have never married and 5.8% are divorced and 3.1% are separated. There are 21 widowed people living in Bohle Plains.

67.8% of the people living in Bohle Plains over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 21.7% are working on a part time basis. Bohle Plains has an unemployment rate of 3.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Bohle Plains are 17.0% Community & personal service workers, 16.4% Technicians & trades workers, 16.2% Professionals, 13.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.9% Managers, 9.5% Sales workers, 7.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 5.8% Labourers, 2.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Bohle Plains work in are 28.3% Public administration and safety, 11.7% Health care and social assistance, 10.0% Retail trade, 7.2% Construction, 6.1% Manufacturing, 5.4% Education and training, 5.3% Accommodation and food services, 3.5% Professional, scientific and technical services, 3.1% Transport, postal and warehousing.

12.8% of homes are fully owned, and 31.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 54.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $845 per week and the median household income is $1826 per week.

The median rent in Bohle Plains is $243 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2600 per month.

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