Palmwoods Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Palmwoods (4555) is a suburb of South Eastern, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. It is about 87 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Palmwoods is in the federal electorates of Fairfax, Fisher.

In the 2011 census the population of Palmwoods was 5,492 and is comprised of approximately 50.7% females and 49.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Palmwoods is 40 years of age.

80.3% of people living in the suburb of Palmwoods were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.0% England, 4.0% New Zealand, 0.7% South Africa, 0.7% Scotland, 0.5% United States of America, 0.5% Germany, 0.3% Papua New Guinea, 0.3% Malaysia, 0.3% Wales, 0.2% Netherlands, 0.2% Switzerland, 0.2% Indonesia, 0.2% Italy, 0.2% Cayman Islands.

94.0% of people living in Palmwoods speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.0% Other, 0.3% German, 0.3% Dutch, 0.3% French, 0.2% Spanish, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Indonesian, 0.1% Filipino .

The religious makeup of Palmwoods is 27.4% No religion, 19.2% Anglican, 15.2% Catholic, 7.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.8% Uniting Church, 5.5% Christian, nfd, 4.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.8% Baptist, 2.9% Pentecostal, 2.1% Lutheran.

56.3% of people are married, 25.8% have never married and 9.1% are divorced and 3.2% are separated. There are 237 widowed people living in Palmwoods.

54.8% of the people living in Palmwoods over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 34.0% are working on a part time basis. Palmwoods has an unemployment rate of 5.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Palmwoods are 18.0% Professionals, 15.9% Technicians & trades workers, 15.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.8% Managers, 10.7% Community & personal service workers, 10.4% Sales workers, 10.1% Labourers, 6.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Palmwoods work in are 15.0% Health care and social assistance, 12.8% Construction, 12.1% Retail trade, 9.4% Education and training, 6.7% Manufacturing, 6.4% Accommodation and food services, 5.5% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.9% Public administration and safety, 3.5% Wholesale trade.

31.6% of homes are fully owned, and 42.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 20.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $523 per week and the median household income is $1132 per week.

The median rent in Palmwoods is $345 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1907 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Palmwoods postcode 4555