Heatley Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Heatley (4814) is a suburb of Northern, Townsville, Queensland. It is about 1112 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Heatley is in the federal electorate of Herbert.

In the 2011 census the population of Heatley was 4,215 and is comprised of approximately 51.1% females and 48.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Heatley is 35 years of age.

82.4% of people living in the suburb of Heatley were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.3% New Zealand, 1.9% England, 0.9% Philippines, 0.5% Papua New Guinea, 0.4% Germany, 0.4% Cook Islands, 0.3% Thailand, 0.3% Italy, 0.3% China , 0.3% Sudan, 0.2% Scotland, 0.2% Somalia, 0.2% Burma , 0.2% El Salvador.

86.9% of people living in Heatley speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.6% Other, 0.7% Italian, 0.5% Tagalog, 0.5% Greek, 0.4% Spanish, 0.3% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.2% Filipino , 0.2% Mandarin.

The religious makeup of Heatley is 27.0% Catholic, 20.8% No religion, 18.6% Anglican, 10.6% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.1% Uniting Church, 3.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.4% Christian, nfd, 1.8% Pentecostal, 1.5% Baptist, 1.3% Lutheran.

39.0% of people are married, 39.4% have never married and 10.3% are divorced and 4.2% are separated. There are 238 widowed people living in Heatley.

60.9% of the people living in Heatley over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 24.8% are working on a part time basis. Heatley has an unemployment rate of 7.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Heatley are 19.1% Technicians & trades workers, 14.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.5% Labourers, 11.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 11.0% Community & personal service workers, 11.0% Professionals, 10.6% Sales workers, 6.6% Managers, 2.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Heatley work in are 13.6% Retail trade, 12.9% Health care and social assistance, 10.2% Public administration and safety, 9.9% Construction, 8.9% Manufacturing, 7.3% Education and training, 6.7% Accommodation and food services, 5.4% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.1% Other services.

27.2% of homes are fully owned, and 29.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 35.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $576 per week and the median household income is $1113 per week.

The median rent in Heatley is $250 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1700 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Heatley postcode 4814