Cranbrook Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

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

In the 2011 census the population of Cranbrook was 6,146 and is comprised of approximately 51.4% females and 48.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Cranbrook is 36 years of age.

78.5% of people living in the suburb of Cranbrook were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.5% England, 2.1% Philippines, 2.0% New Zealand, 0.7% India, 0.5% China , 0.5% Papua New Guinea, 0.4% Thailand, 0.4% Scotland, 0.4% Vietnam, 0.4% Malaysia, 0.3% Italy, 0.3% Netherlands, 0.3% Burma , 0.3% United States of America.

85.1% of people living in Cranbrook speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.9% Other, 1.2% Tagalog, 0.6% Italian, 0.6% Filipino , 0.5% Vietnamese, 0.5% Cantonese, 0.4% Mandarin, 0.3% Thai.

The religious makeup of Cranbrook is 30.2% Catholic, 18.6% No religion, 16.6% Anglican, 10.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.1% Uniting Church, 4.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.5% Christian, nfd, 1.8% Pentecostal, 1.6% Buddhism, 1.4% Baptist.

44.7% of people are married, 37.1% have never married and 7.9% are divorced and 3.5% are separated. There are 335 widowed people living in Cranbrook.

60.0% of the people living in Cranbrook over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.6% are working on a part time basis. Cranbrook has an unemployment rate of 5.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Cranbrook are 18.6% Professionals, 17.3% Technicians & trades workers, 13.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.6% Community & personal service workers, 11.1% Labourers, 10.7% Sales workers, 8.9% Managers, 7.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Cranbrook work in are 14.9% Health care and social assistance, 12.0% Retail trade, 10.4% Education and training, 8.8% Construction, 8.4% Public administration and safety, 7.6% Manufacturing, 7.5% Accommodation and food services, 4.7% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.5% Transport, postal and warehousing.

35.6% of homes are fully owned, and 31.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 29.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $574 per week and the median household income is $1193 per week.

The median rent in Cranbrook is $285 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1668 per month.

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