Paradise Point Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Paradise Point (4216) is a suburb of South Eastern, Gold Coast & Hinterland, Queensland. It is about 59 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Paradise Point is in the federal electorate of Fadden.

In the 2011 census the population of Paradise Point was 5,930 and is comprised of approximately 50.4% females and 49.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Paradise Point is 47 years of age.

64.9% of people living in the suburb of Paradise Point were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.7% New Zealand, 7.2% England, 1.6% South Africa, 0.7% Scotland, 0.6% United States of America, 0.6% Italy, 0.5% Japan, 0.5% Germany, 0.4% Philippines, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% Korea, Republic of , 0.3% Malaysia, 0.3% China , 0.3% Indonesia.

86.7% of people living in Paradise Point speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.0% Other, 0.6% Italian, 0.6% Japanese, 0.5% Mandarin, 0.4% Greek, 0.4% Spanish, 0.4% German, 0.4% Cantonese.

The religious makeup of Paradise Point is 25.6% Anglican, 25.3% Catholic, 17.7% No religion, 8.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.0% Uniting Church, 4.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.0% Christian, nfd, 1.6% Lutheran, 1.5% Buddhism, 1.3% Eastern Orthodox.

53.3% of people are married, 25.0% have never married and 11.5% are divorced and 3.9% are separated. There are 320 widowed people living in Paradise Point.

57.3% of the people living in Paradise Point over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.2% are working on a part time basis. Paradise Point has an unemployment rate of 5.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Paradise Point are 20.6% Managers, 17.9% Professionals, 15.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.6% Technicians & trades workers, 12.4% Sales workers, 7.5% Community & personal service workers, 7.1% Labourers, 4.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Paradise Point work in are 12.6% Construction, 11.3% Retail trade, 9.5% Manufacturing, 9.2% Health care and social assistance, 7.9% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.9% Accommodation and food services, 5.7% Education and training, 5.2% Rental, hiring and real estate services, 5.1% Wholesale trade.

34.7% of homes are fully owned, and 28.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 34.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $599 per week and the median household income is $1163 per week.

The median rent in Paradise Point is $350 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2297 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Paradise Point postcode 4216