Palm Cove

Palm Cove (4879) is a suburb of Northern, Queensland. It is about 1412 kms from QLD\'s capital city of Brisbane. The population of Palm Cove is 1,216 and is comprised of 50.1% males and 49.9% females.

The median/average age of the Palm Cove population is 42 years of age, 5 years above the Australian average.

The country of birth of people living in Palm Cove is 53.5% Australia, 7.3% England, 5.4% New Zealand, 1.2% Fiji, 1.2% Japan, 1.1% South Africa.

74.8% of people speak English as their first language, 1% speak German, 0.8% speak Japanese, 0.8% speak Dutch, 0.6% speak Italian, 0.5% speak Cantonese.

The religious make up of Palm Cove is 22.1% No Religion, 20.8% Catholic, 19.8% Anglican, 4% Uniting Church, 2.8% Presbyterian and Reformed.

42.3% of people are married, 37.1% have never married and 18.1% are separated or divorced. There are 25 widowed people living in Palm Cove.

67.2% of the people living in Palm Cove are employed full time, while 25.2% are employed on a part time basis. Palm Cove has a below average unemployment rate of 2.6% and 211 people are not part of the labour force.

The average individual income is $597.00 per week and the average household income is $1108.00 per week.

The average rent in Palm Cove is $230 per week and the average mortgage repayment is $1659 per month. 17.4% are fully owned, and 12.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 35.5% of homes are rented.