Yabulu Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Yabulu (4818) is a suburb of Northern, Townsville, Queensland. It is about 1127 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Yabulu is in the federal electorate of Herbert.

In the 2011 census the population of Yabulu was 675 and is comprised of approximately 43.9% females and 56.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Yabulu is 44 years of age.

81.8% of people living in the suburb of Yabulu were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.0% New Zealand, 3.4% England, 0.9% Philippines, 0.6% Sweden, 0.6% United States of America, 0.6% Germany, 0.4% Canada.

90.1% of people living in Yabulu speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 8.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.3% Other, 0.6% Filipino .

The religious makeup of Yabulu is 24.4% No religion, 22.8% Anglican, 20.9% Catholic, 12.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 9.0% Uniting Church, 3.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.6% Baptist, 1.3% Pentecostal, 0.9% Christian, nfd, 0.7% Salvation Army.

43.0% of people are married, 32.3% have never married and 14.8% are divorced and 5.5% are separated. There are 24 widowed people living in Yabulu.

64.7% of the people living in Yabulu over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 20.1% are working on a part time basis. Yabulu has an unemployment rate of 9.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Yabulu are 22.0% Technicians & trades workers, 21.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 17.0% Labourers, 11.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 8.3% Community & personal service workers, 7.0% Sales workers, 6.3% Professionals, 4.7% Managers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Yabulu work in are 16.5% Construction, 12.2% Manufacturing, 10.6% Retail trade, 10.2% Health care and social assistance, 6.9% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.3% Other services, 5.0% Education and training, 4.3% Public administration and safety, 4.3% Accommodation and food services.

40.9% of homes are fully owned, and 38.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 13.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $498 per week and the median household income is $955 per week.

The median rent in Yabulu is $295 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1634 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Yabulu postcode 4818