Worongary Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Worongary (4213) is a suburb of South Eastern, Gold Coast & Hinterland, Queensland. It is about 73 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Worongary is in the federal electorates of Moncrieff, Wright.

In the 2011 census the population of Worongary was 5,574 and is comprised of approximately 50.0% females and 50.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Worongary is 38 years of age.

72.0% of people living in the suburb of Worongary were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.6% New Zealand, 5.3% England, 0.8% South Africa, 0.6% Germany, 0.5% United States of America, 0.5% Scotland, 0.4% Philippines, 0.4% Japan, 0.3% Thailand, 0.3% Italy, 0.2% Denmark, 0.2% Poland, 0.2% India, 0.2% Papua New Guinea.

87.3% of people living in Worongary speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.2% Other, 0.5% German, 0.3% Japanese, 0.3% Hindi, 0.3% Thai, 0.3% Mandarin, 0.3% Hungarian, 0.2% Spanish.

The religious makeup of Worongary is 22.5% Catholic, 22.0% Anglican, 20.3% No religion, 11.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.9% Uniting Church, 3.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.6% Christian, nfd, 1.9% Baptist, 1.6% Pentecostal, 1.3% Lutheran.

53.4% of people are married, 32.6% have never married and 8.8% are divorced and 1.9% are separated. There are 145 widowed people living in Worongary.

54.5% of the people living in Worongary over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.9% are working on a part time basis. Worongary has an unemployment rate of 6.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Worongary are 17.6% Technicians & trades workers, 15.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.3% Professionals, 12.4% Community & personal service workers, 12.2% Managers, 10.6% Sales workers, 10.0% Labourers, 6.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Worongary work in are 14.4% Construction, 11.1% Retail trade, 11.0% Health care and social assistance, 9.1% Manufacturing, 8.6% Education and training, 8.5% Accommodation and food services, 5.6% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.9% Other services, 4.4% Public administration and safety.

27.1% of homes are fully owned, and 55.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 15.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $558 per week and the median household income is $1435 per week.

The median rent in Worongary is $320 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2080 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Worongary postcode 4213