Soldiers Hill Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Soldiers Hill (4825) is a suburb of Western, Mt Isa & North Western, Queensland. It is about 1565 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Soldiers Hill is in the federal electorate of Kennedy.

In the 2011 census the population of Soldiers Hill was 2,111 and is comprised of approximately 48.8% females and 51.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Soldiers Hill is 29 years of age.

74.7% of people living in the suburb of Soldiers Hill were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.1% New Zealand, 1.5% Philippines, 1.3% England, 1.0% South Africa, 0.4% Scotland, 0.4% Nauru, 0.3% India, 0.3% Papua New Guinea, 0.2% Wales, 0.2% Albania, 0.2% China , 0.2% Thailand, 0.1% Zimbabwe, 0.1% Croatia.

81.6% of people living in Soldiers Hill speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 13.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.5% Other, 0.6% Filipino , 0.5% Tagalog, 0.3% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.3% Thai, 0.3% Cantonese, 0.2% Hindi, 0.2% Italian.

The religious makeup of Soldiers Hill is 27.4% Catholic, 21.1% No religion, 18.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 14.2% Anglican, 6.2% Uniting Church, 2.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.9% Christian, nfd, 1.8% Lutheran, 1.4% Pentecostal, 1.2% Baptist.

47.2% of people are married, 41.3% have never married and 5.7% are divorced and 2.3% are separated. There are 54 widowed people living in Soldiers Hill.

76.7% of the people living in Soldiers Hill over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 14.4% are working on a part time basis. Soldiers Hill has an unemployment rate of 1.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Soldiers Hill are 24.6% Technicians & trades workers, 17.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 14.5% Professionals, 11.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 8.5% Labourers, 7.8% Managers, 7.4% Community & personal service workers, 6.1% Sales workers, 2.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Soldiers Hill work in are 37.2% Mining, 8.7% Health care and social assistance, 8.6% Education and training, 6.5% Retail trade, 5.8% Public administration and safety, 4.7% Accommodation and food services, 4.5% Manufacturing, 4.2% Construction, 3.9% Other services.

19.3% of homes are fully owned, and 47.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 30.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $1084 per week and the median household income is $2511 per week.

The median rent in Soldiers Hill is $370 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1950 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Soldiers Hill postcode 4825