Glass House Mountains Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Glass House Mountains (4518) is a suburb of South Eastern, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. It is about 64 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Glass House Mountains is in the federal electorate of Fisher.

In the 2011 census the population of Glass House Mountains was 4,791 and is comprised of approximately 50.1% females and 49.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Glass House Mountains is 40 years of age.

77.3% of people living in the suburb of Glass House Mountains were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.8% England, 3.3% New Zealand, 0.6% Netherlands, 0.6% South Africa, 0.6% Scotland, 0.4% Philippines, 0.4% France, 0.4% Germany, 0.4% Italy, 0.3% Ireland, 0.2% Papua New Guinea, 0.2% United States of America, 0.2% Switzerland, 0.2% Zimbabwe.

89.8% of people living in Glass House Mountains speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Other, 0.7% Italian, 0.5% French, 0.4% Dutch, 0.4% German, 0.3% Polish, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Tagalog.

The religious makeup of Glass House Mountains is 23.4% No religion, 20.8% Anglican, 18.1% Catholic, 11.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.8% Uniting Church, 3.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.8% Christian, nfd, 2.1% Lutheran, 2.1% Baptist, 1.8% Jehovah's Witnesses.

55.9% of people are married, 28.8% have never married and 8.2% are divorced and 3.3% are separated. There are 144 widowed people living in Glass House Mountains.

55.2% of the people living in Glass House Mountains over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.4% are working on a part time basis. Glass House Mountains has an unemployment rate of 5.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Glass House Mountains are 18.5% Technicians & trades workers, 13.6% Managers, 13.5% Professionals, 12.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.8% Labourers, 10.4% Sales workers, 9.3% Community & personal service workers, 8.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Glass House Mountains work in are 11.5% Health care and social assistance, 11.4% Construction, 10.9% Retail trade, 7.1% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 6.4% Education and training, 6.0% Manufacturing, 6.0% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.8% Accommodation and food services, 4.9% Public administration and safety.

35.6% of homes are fully owned, and 43.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 18.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $491 per week and the median household income is $1092 per week.

The median rent in Glass House Mountains is $320 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1900 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Glass House Mountains postcode 4518