Seventy Mile Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Seventy Mile (4820) is a suburb of Northern, Townsville, Queensland. It is about 1053 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Seventy Mile is in the federal electorate of Kennedy.

In the 2011 census the population of Seventy Mile was 224 and is comprised of approximately 45.5% females and 54.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Seventy Mile is 34 years of age.

89.7% of people living in the suburb of Seventy Mile were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.2% England.

91.6% of people living in Seventy Mile speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 8.4% Language spoken at home not stated.

The religious makeup of Seventy Mile is 28.1% Anglican, 18.3% Catholic, 16.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 14.3% No religion, 11.6% Uniting Church, 4.5% Christian, nfd, 4.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.8% Salvation Army, 1.3% Pentecostal.

63.7% of people are married, 29.6% have never married and 4.5% are divorced and 0.0% are separated. There are 4 widowed people living in Seventy Mile.

72.7% of the people living in Seventy Mile over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 15.6% are working on a part time basis. Seventy Mile has an unemployment rate of 4.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Seventy Mile are 29.7% Managers, 17.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.6% Labourers, 12.7% Technicians & trades workers, 11.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 11.0% Sales workers, 3.4% Professionals.

The main industries people from Seventy Mile work in are 31.7% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 17.1% Mining, 10.6% Retail trade, 8.1% Construction, 7.3% Public administration and safety, 5.7% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.9% Manufacturing, 4.9% Education and training, 2.4% Accommodation and food services.

35.6% of homes are fully owned, and 39.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 20.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $604 per week and the median household income is $900 per week.

The median rent in Seventy Mile is $0 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1300 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Seventy Mile postcode 4820

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