Tamborine Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Tamborine (4270) is a suburb of South Eastern, Gold Coast & Hinterland, Queensland. It is about 47 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Tamborine is in the federal electorate of Wright.

In the 2011 census the population of Tamborine was 3,464 and is comprised of approximately 49.5% females and 50.5% males.

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

73.9% of people living in the suburb of Tamborine were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.1% England, 6.2% New Zealand, 1.0% Germany, 0.6% Scotland, 0.6% Netherlands, 0.6% South Africa, 0.5% United States of America, 0.3% Canada, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Ireland, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% Papua New Guinea, 0.2% Malaysia, 0.2% Iceland.

92.1% of people living in Tamborine speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.8% German, 0.8% Other, 0.2% Cantonese, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% Hungarian, 0.2% Tagalog, 0.2% Russian, 0.2% French.

The religious makeup of Tamborine is 26.0% No religion, 22.4% Anglican, 19.6% Catholic, 9.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.1% Uniting Church, 3.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.4% Christian, nfd, 2.3% Lutheran, 1.7% Baptist, 1.4% Other religious affiliation .

57.2% of people are married, 28.6% have never married and 9.2% are divorced and 2.6% are separated. There are 61 widowed people living in Tamborine.

61.1% of the people living in Tamborine over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.8% are working on a part time basis. Tamborine has an unemployment rate of 5.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Tamborine are 19.8% Technicians & trades workers, 16.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.0% Professionals, 11.9% Managers, 11.8% Labourers, 9.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.8% Community & personal service workers, 6.9% Sales workers, 1.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Tamborine work in are 17.1% Construction, 12.5% Manufacturing, 9.5% Health care and social assistance, 9.1% Retail trade, 6.3% Education and training, 6.1% Public administration and safety, 5.7% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.2% Accommodation and food services, 4.3% Professional, scientific and technical services.

22.1% of homes are fully owned, and 63.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 12.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $605 per week and the median household income is $1467 per week.

The median rent in Tamborine is $350 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2000 per month.

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