Yaroomba Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Yaroomba (4573) is a suburb of South Eastern, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. It is about 102 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Yaroomba is in the federal electorate of Fairfax.

In the 2011 census the population of Yaroomba was 1,273 and is comprised of approximately 51.8% females and 48.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Yaroomba is 35 years of age.

79.1% of people living in the suburb of Yaroomba were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.2% England, 4.4% New Zealand, 0.9% Canada, 0.9% South Africa, 0.9% Zimbabwe, 0.7% Scotland, 0.6% Germany, 0.5% United States of America, 0.3% Malaysia, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Netherlands, 0.3% Vietnam, 0.3% Italy, 0.3% France.

93.1% of people living in Yaroomba speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.9% French, 0.6% Italian, 0.5% Other, 0.4% Greek, 0.3% German, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Vietnamese, 0.2% Dutch.

The religious makeup of Yaroomba is 34.0% No religion, 18.6% Catholic, 16.2% Anglican, 8.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.2% Uniting Church, 2.8% Baptist, 2.4% Other religious affiliation , 2.0% Christian, nfd, 2.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.9% Pentecostal.

52.2% of people are married, 30.9% have never married and 9.2% are divorced and 5.2% are separated. There are 23 widowed people living in Yaroomba.

53.9% of the people living in Yaroomba over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.1% are working on a part time basis. Yaroomba has an unemployment rate of 7.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Yaroomba are 24.2% Professionals, 17.0% Technicians & trades workers, 13.6% Managers, 12.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.6% Community & personal service workers, 9.2% Sales workers, 6.7% Labourers, 4.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 0.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Yaroomba work in are 13.1% Construction, 13.0% Health care and social assistance, 12.3% Retail trade, 9.5% Accommodation and food services, 8.6% Education and training, 8.1% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.9% Manufacturing, 5.0% Rental, hiring and real estate services, 4.4% Public administration and safety.

22.7% of homes are fully owned, and 43.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 31.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $633 per week and the median household income is $1279 per week.

The median rent in Yaroomba is $360 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

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