Park Grove Demographics (TAS) Local Stats

Park Grove (7320) is a suburb of Tasmania, North West, Tasmania. It is about 236 kms from TAS's capital city of Hobart. Park Grove is in the federal electorate of Braddon.

In the 2011 census the population of Park Grove was 2,358 and is comprised of approximately 53.5% females and 46.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Park Grove is 40 years of age.

84.0% of people living in the suburb of Park Grove were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.5% England, 1.4% India, 1.0% New Zealand, 0.6% Scotland, 0.6% South Africa, 0.6% United States of America, 0.4% Croatia, 0.4% Malaysia, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Sri Lanka, 0.3% Germany, 0.2% Ukraine, 0.2% Poland, 0.2% Malta.

91.8% of people living in Park Grove speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Tamil, 0.6% Other, 0.6% Hindi, 0.3% Croatian, 0.3% Sinhalese, 0.3% Arabic, 0.3% Urdu, 0.3% Cantonese.

The religious makeup of Park Grove is 23.9% Anglican, 22.3% No religion, 21.4% Catholic, 7.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.8% Uniting Church, 3.1% Baptist, 3.1% Christian, nfd, 2.0% Brethren, 1.5% Hinduism, 1.4% Presbyterian and Reformed.

58.9% of people are married, 24.7% have never married and 7.0% are divorced and 2.4% are separated. There are 131 widowed people living in Park Grove.

59.1% of the people living in Park Grove over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.1% are working on a part time basis. Park Grove has an unemployment rate of 4.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Park Grove are 23.0% Professionals, 15.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.5% Technicians & trades workers, 12.6% Managers, 11.8% Community & personal service workers, 10.6% Sales workers, 6.3% Labourers, 5.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Park Grove work in are 15.7% Health care and social assistance, 13.3% Retail trade, 10.7% Education and training, 10.5% Public administration and safety, 9.5% Manufacturing, 5.9% Construction, 4.7% Other services, 4.4% Accommodation and food services, 3.9% Transport, postal and warehousing.

43.4% of homes are fully owned, and 34.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 19.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $548 per week and the median household income is $1196 per week.

The median rent in Park Grove is $230 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1354 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Park Grove postcode 7320