Oonoonba Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Oonoonba (4811) is a suburb of Northern, Townsville, Queensland. It is about 1107 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Oonoonba is in the federal electorate of Dawson.

In the 2011 census the population of Oonoonba was 1,155 and is comprised of approximately 48.8% females and 51.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Oonoonba is 41 years of age.

81.0% of people living in the suburb of Oonoonba were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.7% England, 1.6% New Zealand, 1.0% United States of America, 0.9% China , 0.5% Solomon Islands, 0.4% South Africa, 0.4% Canada, 0.4% Papua New Guinea, 0.4% Philippines, 0.3% Netherlands.

86.7% of people living in Oonoonba speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 10.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Other, 0.5% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.5% Mandarin, 0.3% Greek, 0.3% Indonesian, 0.3% Cantonese, 0.3% Italian, 0.3% Spanish.

The religious makeup of Oonoonba is 23.8% Catholic, 19.9% No religion, 18.4% Anglican, 16.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 8.9% Uniting Church, 3.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.7% Christian, nfd, 1.3% Eastern Orthodox, 1.0% Baptist, 0.9% Lutheran.

37.5% of people are married, 39.9% have never married and 12.1% are divorced and 3.5% are separated. There are 66 widowed people living in Oonoonba.

59.9% of the people living in Oonoonba over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.2% are working on a part time basis. Oonoonba has an unemployment rate of 5.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Oonoonba are 17.9% Labourers, 15.9% Technicians & trades workers, 13.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.2% Community & personal service workers, 13.0% Professionals, 10.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 7.3% Sales workers, 6.3% Managers, 3.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Oonoonba work in are 12.6% Health care and social assistance, 11.1% Construction, 10.1% Education and training, 9.1% Public administration and safety, 8.5% Manufacturing, 7.7% Transport, postal and warehousing, 7.7% Retail trade, 4.2% Inadequately described/Not stated, 4.0% Accommodation and food services.

33.4% of homes are fully owned, and 29.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 33.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $586 per week and the median household income is $1016 per week.

The median rent in Oonoonba is $278 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1517 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Oonoonba postcode 4811