Peregian Springs News Inform know grow Volume 2. Issue 10
July 2017
GROWTH: We’ve added 3000 new residents in five years, and we’re not done yet.
Stats show us the way we are THE 2016 Census stats are in and Peregian Springs has grown by 3000 residents in the last 5 years. Residents are mostly female, Australian-born, and more identifying as “no religion” than 5 years ago. We are also more likely to be in our own home than renting. Registered marriage percentages have slightly fallen and we’re earning around $153 more per week with median weekly household incomes at $1,493. We have a high proportion of primary school aged children with the majority of those attending a government primary school. On the 2016 Census night 7,065 people had their usual residence in Peregian Springs – that’s up by 3,116 people from the last Census night five
years ago when the number of people was 3,949 in 2011. Of that, the 2016 figures show 47.8% of people are male, 52.2% female and median age is 38 years. There are 1920 families and for families with children the average number of children is 2. The family stats showed 48.4% were couple families with children, 37.6% were couple families without children and 13.9% were one parent families. In Peregian Springs, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.2% of people were in a registered marriage, down from 65% in 2011, 12.8% in a de facto relationship, up from the 2011 figure of 10%.
Peregian Springs News, July 2017
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