Cedar Pocket Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Cedar Pocket (4570) is a suburb of South Eastern, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. It is about 144 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Cedar Pocket is in the federal electorate of Wide Bay.

In the 2011 census the population of Cedar Pocket was 420 and is comprised of approximately 50.7% females and 49.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Cedar Pocket is 48 years of age.

81.9% of people living in the suburb of Cedar Pocket were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.7% England, 2.4% South Africa, 2.4% Germany, 1.2% Canada, 1.2% Switzerland, 1.0% New Zealand.

95.2% of people living in Cedar Pocket speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.9% German, 1.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.0% Croatian, 0.7% Other.

The religious makeup of Cedar Pocket is 28.3% No religion, 15.7% Catholic, 15.2% Uniting Church, 13.3% Anglican, 7.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.1% Lutheran, 2.9% Other religious affiliation , 2.6% Christian, nfd, 2.1% Pentecostal.

61.7% of people are married, 24.9% have never married and 9.9% are divorced and 0.9% are separated. There are 9 widowed people living in Cedar Pocket.

54.6% of the people living in Cedar Pocket over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.1% are working on a part time basis. Cedar Pocket has an unemployment rate of 6.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Cedar Pocket are 21.9% Managers, 18.0% Professionals, 13.7% Technicians & trades workers, 10.9% Labourers, 9.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.8% Community & personal service workers, 8.7% Sales workers, 5.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Cedar Pocket work in are 19.8% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 11.5% Retail trade, 11.5% Health care and social assistance, 10.4% Education and training, 8.8% Construction, 8.2% Manufacturing, 6.6% Accommodation and food services, 6.6% Inadequately described/Not stated, 6.0% Public administration and safety.

51.0% of homes are fully owned, and 35.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 9.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $423 per week and the median household income is $794 per week.

The median rent in Cedar Pocket is $240 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1500 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Cedar Pocket postcode 4570

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