Glastonbury Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Glastonbury (4570) is a suburb of South Eastern, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. It is about 148 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Glastonbury is in the federal electorate of Wide Bay.

In the 2011 census the population of Glastonbury was 433 and is comprised of approximately 48.0% females and 52.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Glastonbury is 46 years of age.

85.9% of people living in the suburb of Glastonbury were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.7% England, 1.8% New Zealand, 1.6% Belgium, 1.4% Kenya, 0.9% United States of America.

94.5% of people living in Glastonbury speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Dutch.

The religious makeup of Glastonbury is 30.0% No religion, 20.3% Anglican, 17.3% Catholic, 8.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.9% Uniting Church, 3.0% Lutheran, 2.8% Christian, nfd, 2.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.3% Pentecostal, 2.1% Baptist.

58.7% of people are married, 26.2% have never married and 11.1% are divorced and 1.4% are separated. There are 9 widowed people living in Glastonbury.

48.8% of the people living in Glastonbury over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 34.1% are working on a part time basis. Glastonbury has an unemployment rate of 8.5%.

The main occupations of people living in Glastonbury are 25.5% Managers, 15.8% Professionals, 13.3% Labourers, 11.7% Technicians & trades workers, 9.2% Community & personal service workers, 8.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 7.7% Sales workers, 7.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Glastonbury work in are 20.7% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 9.6% Health care and social assistance, 9.1% Retail trade, 9.1% Manufacturing, 8.6% Education and training, 7.6% Other services, 6.6% Construction, 6.1% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.6% Mining.

44.3% of homes are fully owned, and 37.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 15.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $364 per week and the median household income is $764 per week.

The median rent in Glastonbury is $200 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1200 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Glastonbury postcode 4570