Twin Waters Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Twin Waters (4564) is a suburb of South Eastern, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. It is about 93 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Twin Waters is in the federal electorate of Fairfax.

In the 2011 census the population of Twin Waters was 2,550 and is comprised of approximately 51.9% females and 48.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Twin Waters is 51 years of age.

67.0% of people living in the suburb of Twin Waters were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 10.9% England, 7.0% New Zealand, 2.2% South Africa, 1.1% Scotland, 0.7% Netherlands, 0.7% United States of America, 0.6% Germany, 0.5% Ireland, 0.5% Wales, 0.5% Canada, 0.5% Zimbabwe, 0.5% France, 0.4% Jamaica, 0.3% Hungary.

92.5% of people living in Twin Waters speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.0% Other, 0.7% German, 0.6% Italian, 0.6% Dutch, 0.5% French, 0.3% Spanish, 0.2% Polish, 0.2% Mandarin.

The religious makeup of Twin Waters is 27.6% Anglican, 23.6% Catholic, 20.8% No religion, 6.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.9% Uniting Church, 4.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.4% Baptist, 2.4% Christian, nfd, 1.7% Lutheran, 1.3% Buddhism.

68.9% of people are married, 15.9% have never married and 8.1% are divorced and 2.5% are separated. There are 99 widowed people living in Twin Waters.

55.4% of the people living in Twin Waters over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.7% are working on a part time basis. Twin Waters has an unemployment rate of 6.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Twin Waters are 26.0% Professionals, 17.4% Managers, 15.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.6% Sales workers, 10.7% Technicians & trades workers, 9.1% Community & personal service workers, 5.7% Labourers, 3.4% Machinery operators & drivers, 0.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Twin Waters work in are 13.4% Health care and social assistance, 13.3% Retail trade, 9.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 8.5% Construction, 7.4% Education and training, 6.1% Accommodation and food services, 5.1% Administrative and support services, 4.7% Rental, hiring and real estate services, 4.3% Public administration and safety.

44.1% of homes are fully owned, and 31.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 18.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $579 per week and the median household income is $1278 per week.

The median rent in Twin Waters is $440 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2167 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Twin Waters postcode 4564