Placid Hills Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Placid Hills (4343) is a suburb of South Eastern, Toowoomba & South Eastern, Queensland. It is about 80 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Placid Hills is in the federal electorate of Wright.

In the 2011 census the population of Placid Hills was 837 and is comprised of approximately 50.5% females and 49.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Placid Hills is 34 years of age.

90.6% of people living in the suburb of Placid Hills were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.3% England, 0.7% Nigeria, 0.7% Germany, 0.6% South Eastern Europe, nfd, 0.6% Philippines, 0.6% Poland, 0.6% United States of America, 0.5% New Zealand.

95.3% of people living in Placid Hills speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.1% Other, 0.5% Korean, 0.4% Tagalog, 0.4% Italian.

The religious makeup of Placid Hills is 19.9% Catholic, 19.5% Anglican, 16.1% Lutheran, 14.1% No religion, 6.2% Uniting Church, 4.8% Other Christian, 4.4% Christian, nfd, 4.1% Churches of Christ, 3.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.5% Baptist.

64.4% of people are married, 23.4% have never married and 4.7% are divorced and 1.9% are separated. There are 35 widowed people living in Placid Hills.

59.5% of the people living in Placid Hills over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.9% are working on a part time basis. Placid Hills has an unemployment rate of 0.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Placid Hills are 16.7% Managers, 14.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.9% Labourers, 12.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 11.8% Sales workers, 11.1% Technicians & trades workers, 10.2% Professionals, 8.6% Community & personal service workers, 0.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Placid Hills work in are 14.2% Retail trade, 9.7% Education and training, 9.7% Transport, postal and warehousing, 9.0% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 8.8% Manufacturing, 7.2% Wholesale trade, 7.0% Health care and social assistance, 6.0% Accommodation and food services, 5.6% Public administration and safety.

36.2% of homes are fully owned, and 55.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 7.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $581 per week and the median household income is $1575 per week.

The median rent in Placid Hills is $280 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1717 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Placid Hills postcode 4343