Kingscliff Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Kingscliff (2487) is a suburb of North Coast, Northern Rivers, New South Wales. It is about 664 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Kingscliff is in the federal electorate of Richmond.

In the 2011 census the population of Kingscliff was 6,392 and is comprised of approximately 52.9% females and 47.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Kingscliff is 46 years of age.

80.0% of people living in the suburb of Kingscliff were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.0% England, 2.7% New Zealand, 0.7% Scotland, 0.5% United States of America, 0.5% South Africa, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.3% Germany, 0.2% Brazil, 0.2% Italy, 0.2% India, 0.2% Canada, 0.2% Wales, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Malaysia.

91.4% of people living in Kingscliff speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.4% Other, 0.3% Italian, 0.2% French, 0.2% German, 0.1% Portuguese, 0.1% Greek, 0.1% Dutch, 0.1% Mandarin.

The religious makeup of Kingscliff is 26.4% Catholic, 24.0% Anglican, 22.0% No religion, 8.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.3% Uniting Church, 4.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.6% Christian, nfd, 1.2% Other religious affiliation , 1.1% Buddhism, 1.0% Pentecostal.

48.1% of people are married, 28.0% have never married and 11.3% are divorced and 3.6% are separated. There are 475 widowed people living in Kingscliff.

49.9% of the people living in Kingscliff over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 36.2% are working on a part time basis. Kingscliff has an unemployment rate of 7.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Kingscliff are 22.2% Professionals, 14.0% Technicians & trades workers, 13.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.1% Community & personal service workers, 11.7% Sales workers, 11.4% Managers, 9.6% Labourers, 3.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Kingscliff work in are 14.4% Health care and social assistance, 12.3% Accommodation and food services, 12.2% Construction, 10.7% Education and training, 10.5% Retail trade, 6.4% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.0% Public administration and safety, 4.9% Manufacturing, 3.3% Transport, postal and warehousing.

38.8% of homes are fully owned, and 21.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 36.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $502 per week and the median household income is $908 per week.

The median rent in Kingscliff is $305 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2037 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Kingscliff postcode 2487