Sippy Downs Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Sippy Downs (4556) is a suburb of South Eastern, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. It is about 84 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Sippy Downs is in the federal electorate of Fisher.

In the 2011 census the population of Sippy Downs was 9,087 and is comprised of approximately 54.4% females and 45.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Sippy Downs is 32 years of age.

73.8% of people living in the suburb of Sippy Downs were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.8% England, 5.4% New Zealand, 1.4% South Africa, 0.8% Germany, 0.7% Scotland, 0.6% Zimbabwe, 0.6% Netherlands, 0.5% Canada, 0.5% Philippines, 0.4% United States of America, 0.3% France, 0.3% Sweden, 0.3% China , 0.3% Norway.

91.4% of people living in Sippy Downs speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.5% Other, 0.8% German, 0.6% French, 0.5% Mandarin, 0.4% Dutch, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% Japanese, 0.2% Tagalog.

The religious makeup of Sippy Downs is 25.8% No religion, 21.6% Catholic, 20.6% Anglican, 5.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.5% Uniting Church, 4.3% Christian, nfd, 3.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.8% Baptist, 2.4% Pentecostal, 2.2% Lutheran.

47.5% of people are married, 35.4% have never married and 7.9% are divorced and 2.5% are separated. There are 480 widowed people living in Sippy Downs.

50.9% of the people living in Sippy Downs over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 34.2% are working on a part time basis. Sippy Downs has an unemployment rate of 9.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Sippy Downs are 16.1% Technicians & trades workers, 15.5% Sales workers, 14.8% Professionals, 13.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.6% Community & personal service workers, 10.5% Labourers, 9.9% Managers, 5.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Sippy Downs work in are 16.1% Retail trade, 11.8% Health care and social assistance, 9.7% Accommodation and food services, 9.7% Construction, 8.7% Education and training, 6.0% Manufacturing, 5.1% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.8% Public administration and safety, 4.5% Other services.

21.8% of homes are fully owned, and 32.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 31.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $432 per week and the median household income is $1018 per week.

The median rent in Sippy Downs is $400 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2165 per month.

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