Bushland Beach Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Bushland Beach (4818) is a suburb of Northern, Townsville, Queensland. It is about 1125 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Bushland Beach is in the federal electorate of Herbert.

In the 2011 census the population of Bushland Beach was 5,659 and is comprised of approximately 49.4% females and 50.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Bushland Beach is 31 years of age.

82.0% of people living in the suburb of Bushland Beach were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.6% England, 3.2% New Zealand, 0.6% Scotland, 0.5% South Africa, 0.4% Germany, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% Canada, 0.3% Malaysia, 0.3% Papua New Guinea, 0.3% Philippines, 0.2% Netherlands, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.1% United States of America.

92.3% of people living in Bushland Beach speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Other, 0.3% Italian, 0.3% Dutch, 0.2% German, 0.1% Hindi, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Other , 0.1% Greek.

The religious makeup of Bushland Beach is 28.1% Catholic, 24.5% No religion, 19.3% Anglican, 8.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.1% Uniting Church, 3.1% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.4% Christian, nfd, 1.8% Baptist, 1.2% Pentecostal, 1.0% Lutheran.

57.8% of people are married, 30.8% have never married and 7.3% are divorced and 3.0% are separated. There are 46 widowed people living in Bushland Beach.

67.9% of the people living in Bushland Beach over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 22.6% are working on a part time basis. Bushland Beach has an unemployment rate of 3.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Bushland Beach are 19.5% Technicians & trades workers, 16.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.2% Professionals, 12.2% Managers, 10.6% Community & personal service workers, 9.1% Sales workers, 9.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 7.1% Labourers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Bushland Beach work in are 12.3% Construction, 11.7% Public administration and safety, 11.3% Health care and social assistance, 9.9% Retail trade, 9.8% Manufacturing, 5.6% Education and training, 5.6% Mining, 4.8% Accommodation and food services, 4.7% Transport, postal and warehousing.

15.1% of homes are fully owned, and 50.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 33.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $878 per week and the median household income is $1938 per week.

The median rent in Bushland Beach is $375 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2300 per month.

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