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RUSSELL ISLAND
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| RUSSELL
ISLAND DEMOGRAPHICS
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Local
Government Authority
Redland Shire Council
Location
Approximately 50km to Brisbane, or the Gold Coast
Features
Island lifestyle off the coast of Cleveland
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| Households
on Russell Island are primarily couples without children.
The population is 2154 according to the 2006 Censes. Redland
Shire claims this figure is wrong. The developer who built
the Supermarket believes the population is 4000 people
and this is supported by the postal deliverers. There
are nearly 100 new dwellings built each year. |
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AGES
In
the 2006 Census (held on 8th August 2006), 50.6% were
males and 49.4% were females. Of the total population
in Russell Island 2.5% were Indigenous persons, compared
with 2.3% Indigenous persons in Australia.
Of
the population usually resident in Russell Island were
children aged between 0-14 years, and 45.5% were persons
aged 55 years and over. The median age of persons in
Russell Island was 52 years, compared with 37 years
for persons in Australia.
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AGE GROUPS
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% of
total persons in Region
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0-4 years
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4.1%
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5-14 years
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11.4%
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15-24 years
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6.8%
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25-54 years
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32.2%
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55-64 years
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25.2%
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65 years and over
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20.3%
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| POPULATION
DENSITY (2006 ABS) |
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| In the 2006 Census 15.5% of the population usually resident in Russell
Island were children aged between 0-14 years, and 45.5%
were persons aged 55 years and over. The median age of
persons in Russell Island was 52 years, compared with
37 years for persons in Australia. |
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| Southeast
Queensland. Further south there is easy access to
the northern half of the Gold Coast via the Broadwater,
Nerang River and the canal system. On a good day you could
get from Surfers Paradise to the southern end of Russell
Island in just over 30 minutes by boat. |
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Shire Council
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