Fishery Falls Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Fishery Falls (4871) is a suburb of Northern, Cairns, Queensland. It is about 1358 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Fishery Falls is in the federal electorate of Kennedy.

In the 2011 census the population of Fishery Falls was 284 and is comprised of approximately 44.7% females and 55.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Fishery Falls is 47 years of age.

84.0% of people living in the suburb of Fishery Falls were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.0% New Zealand, 2.5% England, 2.1% Italy, 2.1% Germany.

88.7% of people living in Fishery Falls speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.8% Italian, 2.5% Samoan, 1.1% Other, 1.1% Croatian.

The religious makeup of Fishery Falls is 29.7% Catholic, 23.3% No religion, 18.0% Anglican, 6.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 5.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.3% Uniting Church, 3.2% Lutheran, 2.8% Christian, nfd, 2.1% Pentecostal, 1.4% Other religious affiliation .

52.8% of people are married, 26.8% have never married and 10.0% are divorced and 3.6% are separated. There are 17 widowed people living in Fishery Falls.

65.2% of the people living in Fishery Falls over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 25.2% are working on a part time basis. Fishery Falls has an unemployment rate of 1.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Fishery Falls are 23.7% Managers, 14.5% Labourers, 13.8% Technicians & trades workers, 11.8% Professionals, 11.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 9.9% Community & personal service workers, 2.6% Sales workers, 2.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Fishery Falls work in are 20.1% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 10.1% Construction, 9.4% Health care and social assistance, 8.1% Accommodation and food services, 8.1% Education and training, 8.1% Wholesale trade, 6.7% Manufacturing, 6.0% Retail trade, 6.0% Transport, postal and warehousing.

45.8% of homes are fully owned, and 28.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 17.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $555 per week and the median household income is $1208 per week.

The median rent in Fishery Falls is $150 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1375 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Fishery Falls postcode 4871