Kings Beach Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Kings Beach (4551) is a suburb of South Eastern, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. It is about 75 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Kings Beach is in the federal electorate of Fisher.

In the 2011 census the population of Kings Beach was 2,528 and is comprised of approximately 51.2% females and 48.8% males.

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

70.1% of people living in the suburb of Kings Beach were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.7% New Zealand, 4.5% England, 1.2% Germany, 0.9% Scotland, 0.7% South Africa, 0.5% Papua New Guinea, 0.5% Ireland, 0.5% United States of America, 0.4% India, 0.4% Japan, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% China , 0.3% Austria, 0.3% Northern Ireland.

85.7% of people living in Kings Beach speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 9.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.1% Other, 0.8% German, 0.5% French, 0.4% Japanese, 0.3% Italian, 0.2% Russian, 0.2% Turkish, 0.2% Persian.

The religious makeup of Kings Beach is 25.6% No religion, 19.4% Catholic, 18.0% Anglican, 13.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.4% Uniting Church, 4.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.5% Christian, nfd, 1.5% Baptist, 1.4% Lutheran, 1.3% Buddhism.

39.7% of people are married, 32.9% have never married and 16.5% are divorced and 5.1% are separated. There are 130 widowed people living in Kings Beach.

53.3% of the people living in Kings Beach 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. Kings Beach has an unemployment rate of 8.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Kings Beach are 18.6% Professionals, 15.7% Technicians & trades workers, 12.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.7% Sales workers, 12.4% Labourers, 11.3% Community & personal service workers, 9.9% Managers, 4.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Kings Beach work in are 13.7% Accommodation and food services, 11.6% Retail trade, 11.2% Health care and social assistance, 9.1% Construction, 7.7% Education and training, 7.5% Manufacturing, 5.8% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.9% Public administration and safety, 4.5% Administrative and support services.

26.9% of homes are fully owned, and 13.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 56.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $525 per week and the median household income is $823 per week.

The median rent in Kings Beach is $285 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1647 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Kings Beach postcode 4551