Blairgowrie Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Blairgowrie (3942) is a suburb of Melbourne, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. It is about 63 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Blairgowrie is in the federal electorate of Flinders.

In the 2011 census the population of Blairgowrie was 2,161 and is comprised of approximately 50.4% females and 49.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Blairgowrie is 55 years of age.

79.6% of people living in the suburb of Blairgowrie were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.8% England, 1.2% Italy, 0.9% Germany, 0.8% Scotland, 0.6% New Zealand, 0.5% United States of America, 0.5% Ireland, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.3% Kenya, 0.3% Greece, 0.2% Austria, 0.2% Mauritius, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% Singapore.

88.7% of people living in Blairgowrie speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.6% Italian, 0.8% Other, 0.7% Greek, 0.6% German, 0.3% French, 0.2% Arabic, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Other .

The religious makeup of Blairgowrie is 26.7% No religion, 24.2% Catholic, 22.9% Anglican, 10.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.0% Uniting Church, 3.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.4% Christian, nfd, 0.9% Buddhism, 0.8% Lutheran, 0.7% Eastern Orthodox.

56.7% of people are married, 20.8% have never married and 10.7% are divorced and 3.5% are separated. There are 154 widowed people living in Blairgowrie.

46.7% of the people living in Blairgowrie over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 42.1% are working on a part time basis. Blairgowrie has an unemployment rate of 4.5%.

The main occupations of people living in Blairgowrie are 19.4% Professionals, 19.4% Technicians & trades workers, 14.0% Managers, 13.5% Sales workers, 11.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.8% Community & personal service workers, 7.1% Labourers, 3.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Blairgowrie work in are 16.2% Construction, 11.3% Retail trade, 10.2% Accommodation and food services, 9.2% Education and training, 8.4% Health care and social assistance, 6.4% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.9% Manufacturing, 5.4% Administrative and support services, 3.8% Other services.

51.6% of homes are fully owned, and 25.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 19.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $514 per week and the median household income is $892 per week.

The median rent in Blairgowrie is $277 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1517 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Blairgowrie postcode 3942