Darling Heights Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Darling Heights (4350) is a suburb of South Eastern, Toowoomba & South Eastern, Queensland. It is about 110 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Darling Heights is in the federal electorate of Groom.

In the 2011 census the population of Darling Heights was 4,923 and is comprised of approximately 50.5% females and 49.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Darling Heights is 27 years of age.

69.5% of people living in the suburb of Darling Heights were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.2% India, 1.9% China , 1.4% Libya, 1.4% Nepal, 1.3% Malaysia, 1.3% New Zealand, 1.2% England, 1.1% Sudan, 1.1% Saudi Arabia, 1.0% Iraq, 0.9% Philippines, 0.8% Congo, Democratic Republic of, 0.8% Bangladesh, 0.8% Papua New Guinea.

75.0% of people living in Darling Heights speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.2% Other, 4.6% Arabic, 3.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.0% Mandarin, 1.6% Other, 0.9% Other , 0.8% Bengali, 0.6% Punjabi, 0.5% Hindi.

The religious makeup of Darling Heights is 21.9% Catholic, 15.9% Anglican, 15.9% No religion, 6.5% Islam, 6.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.9% Uniting Church, 4.5% Christian, nfd, 4.2% Lutheran, 3.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.1% Hinduism.

44.0% of people are married, 44.5% have never married and 6.3% are divorced and 2.3% are separated. There are 115 widowed people living in Darling Heights.

53.0% of the people living in Darling Heights over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.1% are working on a part time basis. Darling Heights has an unemployment rate of 8.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Darling Heights are 21.1% Professionals, 13.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.8% Community & personal service workers, 13.6% Technicians & trades workers, 12.2% Labourers, 10.1% Sales workers, 7.0% Managers, 6.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Darling Heights work in are 15.4% Health care and social assistance, 14.0% Education and training, 10.7% Retail trade, 9.5% Manufacturing, 7.8% Accommodation and food services, 5.5% Public administration and safety, 5.0% Construction, 4.6% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.4% Professional, scientific and technical services.

24.4% of homes are fully owned, and 32.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 41.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $505 per week and the median household income is $1204 per week.

The median rent in Darling Heights is $265 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1582 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Darling Heights postcode 4350