Kureelpa Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Kureelpa (4560) is a suburb of South Eastern, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. It is about 95 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Kureelpa is in the federal electorate of Fairfax.

In the 2011 census the population of Kureelpa was 851 and is comprised of approximately 51.2% females and 48.8% males.

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

81.6% of people living in the suburb of Kureelpa were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.2% England, 3.1% New Zealand, 2.5% Germany, 0.9% Netherlands, 0.8% Denmark, 0.8% Scotland, 0.6% Philippines.

94.7% of people living in Kureelpa speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.6% German, 0.7% Other, 0.4% Italian, 0.4% Japanese, 0.4% Spanish.

The religious makeup of Kureelpa is 25.1% No religion, 21.5% Catholic, 14.7% Anglican, 7.2% Christian, nfd, 5.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.8% Baptist, 5.1% Uniting Church, 4.1% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.7% Lutheran, 2.1% Other religious affiliation .

63.4% of people are married, 21.6% have never married and 8.8% are divorced and 3.2% are separated. There are 21 widowed people living in Kureelpa.

52.4% of the people living in Kureelpa over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 36.1% are working on a part time basis. Kureelpa has an unemployment rate of 5.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Kureelpa are 20.1% Professionals, 18.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 18.3% Technicians & trades workers, 11.1% Community & personal service workers, 9.0% Labourers, 8.3% Sales workers, 8.3% Managers, 5.8% Machinery operators & drivers, 0.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Kureelpa work in are 20.3% Health care and social assistance, 12.0% Retail trade, 11.0% Education and training, 10.0% Construction, 7.3% Accommodation and food services, 6.8% Manufacturing, 5.0% Public administration and safety, 4.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 3.0% Other services.

51.3% of homes are fully owned, and 37.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 10.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $538 per week and the median household income is $1263 per week.

The median rent in Kureelpa is $315 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1900 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Kureelpa postcode 4560