Wellington Point Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Wellington Point (4160) is a suburb of Brisbane, Eastern Suburbs, Queensland. It is about 21 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Wellington Point is in the federal electorate of Bowman.

In the 2011 census the population of Wellington Point was 11,787 and is comprised of approximately 50.9% females and 49.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Wellington Point is 39 years of age.

73.0% of people living in the suburb of Wellington Point were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.6% England, 5.1% New Zealand, 1.8% South Africa, 1.2% Scotland, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.4% Germany, 0.4% United States of America, 0.4% India, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% Italy, 0.3% Finland, 0.3% Papua New Guinea, 0.2% Ireland.

90.8% of people living in Wellington Point speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.2% Other, 0.5% German, 0.4% Punjabi, 0.4% Italian, 0.3% Dutch, 0.3% Russian, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Croatian.

The religious makeup of Wellington Point is 24.7% Catholic, 22.3% Anglican, 19.2% No religion, 7.2% Uniting Church, 7.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.6% Baptist, 3.1% Christian, nfd, 1.3% Lutheran, 1.2% Pentecostal.

56.1% of people are married, 28.8% have never married and 8.2% are divorced and 2.8% are separated. There are 371 widowed people living in Wellington Point.

61.0% of the people living in Wellington Point over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.6% are working on a part time basis. Wellington Point has an unemployment rate of 4.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Wellington Point are 19.6% Professionals, 18.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.2% Technicians & trades workers, 13.7% Managers, 10.5% Sales workers, 8.9% Community & personal service workers, 7.9% Labourers, 4.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Wellington Point work in are 11.9% Health care and social assistance, 11.0% Retail trade, 10.1% Construction, 10.0% Manufacturing, 8.4% Education and training, 7.5% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.4% Public administration and safety, 5.7% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.1% Wholesale trade.

30.7% of homes are fully owned, and 46.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 21.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $687 per week and the median household income is $1733 per week.

The median rent in Wellington Point is $380 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2048 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Wellington Point postcode 4160