Palm Beach Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Palm Beach (4221) is a suburb of South Eastern, Gold Coast & Hinterland, Queensland. It is about 85 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Palm Beach is in the federal electorate of McPherson.

In the 2011 census the population of Palm Beach was 13,956 and is comprised of approximately 50.9% females and 49.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Palm Beach is 39 years of age.

77.7% of people living in the suburb of Palm Beach were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.9% New Zealand, 3.8% England, 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% United States of America, 0.4% Japan, 0.4% Germany, 0.4% Papua New Guinea, 0.3% Netherlands, 0.2% Canada, 0.2% India, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% Brazil, 0.2% Italy.

90.4% of people living in Palm Beach speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.6% Other, 0.5% Japanese, 0.3% Portuguese, 0.3% German, 0.3% Italian, 0.2% French, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Polish.

The religious makeup of Palm Beach is 24.4% Catholic, 22.7% No religion, 21.7% Anglican, 9.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.0% Uniting Church, 3.3% Christian, nfd, 3.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.9% Baptist, 1.3% Pentecostal, 1.3% Buddhism.

38.8% of people are married, 37.6% have never married and 13.4% are divorced and 4.1% are separated. There are 717 widowed people living in Palm Beach.

53.9% of the people living in Palm Beach over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.6% are working on a part time basis. Palm Beach has an unemployment rate of 8.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Palm Beach are 19.6% Professionals, 16.5% Technicians & trades workers, 13.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.4% Sales workers, 11.4% Community & personal service workers, 10.9% Managers, 9.9% Labourers, 4.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Palm Beach work in are 13.1% Construction, 12.0% Health care and social assistance, 11.7% Retail trade, 8.9% Education and training, 8.9% Accommodation and food services, 6.7% Manufacturing, 5.7% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.7% Public administration and safety, 3.9% Administrative and support services.

28.1% of homes are fully owned, and 26.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 42.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $553 per week and the median household income is $957 per week.

The median rent in Palm Beach is $300 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2000 per month.

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