Mount Louisa Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Mount Louisa (4814) is a suburb of Northern, Townsville, Queensland. It is about 1114 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Mount Louisa is in the federal electorate of Herbert.

In the 2011 census the population of Mount Louisa was 7,992 and is comprised of approximately 50.3% females and 49.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Mount Louisa is 30 years of age.

83.6% of people living in the suburb of Mount Louisa were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.6% New Zealand, 2.2% England, 1.1% South Africa, 0.9% Philippines, 0.6% Papua New Guinea, 0.5% Zimbabwe, 0.4% Germany, 0.4% India, 0.3% Italy, 0.3% Scotland, 0.3% United States of America, 0.2% Korea, Republic of , 0.2% Thailand, 0.2% Fiji.

90.1% of people living in Mount Louisa speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.5% Other, 0.5% Italian, 0.5% Filipino , 0.3% Tagalog, 0.3% Greek, 0.2% German, 0.2% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.2% Korean.

The religious makeup of Mount Louisa is 28.2% Catholic, 19.4% No religion, 18.1% Anglican, 7.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.8% Uniting Church, 4.9% Pentecostal, 4.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.4% Christian, nfd, 1.2% Baptist, 0.8% Lutheran.

50.6% of people are married, 37.5% have never married and 6.9% are divorced and 2.7% are separated. There are 142 widowed people living in Mount Louisa.

66.8% of the people living in Mount Louisa over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 23.5% are working on a part time basis. Mount Louisa has an unemployment rate of 3.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Mount Louisa are 18.7% Technicians & trades workers, 16.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.3% Professionals, 11.5% Community & personal service workers, 10.0% Sales workers, 9.8% Managers, 8.3% Labourers, 8.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Mount Louisa work in are 12.6% Health care and social assistance, 11.4% Retail trade, 11.4% Public administration and safety, 10.0% Construction, 8.6% Manufacturing, 7.0% Education and training, 5.1% Accommodation and food services, 4.8% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.8% Other services.

18.3% of homes are fully owned, and 48.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 31.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $786 per week and the median household income is $1740 per week.

The median rent in Mount Louisa is $340 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2058 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Mount Louisa postcode 4814