Buronga Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Buronga (2739) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Far South West, New South Wales. It is about 816 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Buronga is in the federal electorate of Farrer.

In the 2011 census the population of Buronga was 1,132 and is comprised of approximately 49.6% females and 50.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Buronga is 36 years of age.

86.9% of people living in the suburb of Buronga were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.3% England, 2.2% Italy, 0.7% United States of America, 0.6% New Zealand, 0.4% Tonga, 0.4% Taiwan, 0.4% Croatia, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% Scotland.

89.8% of people living in Buronga speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.2% Italian, 0.5% Other, 0.5% German, 0.4% Mandarin, 0.3% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.3% Greek.

The religious makeup of Buronga is 29.0% Catholic, 26.6% No religion, 15.9% Anglican, 9.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.2% Uniting Church, 2.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.7% Christian, nfd, 1.3% Baptist, 1.3% Lutheran, 1.2% Seventh-day Adventist.

51.3% of people are married, 32.4% have never married and 8.5% are divorced and 3.7% are separated. There are 36 widowed people living in Buronga.

59.7% of the people living in Buronga over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.3% are working on a part time basis. Buronga has an unemployment rate of 6.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Buronga are 21.3% Professionals, 15.4% Managers, 13.4% Technicians & trades workers, 12.6% Labourers, 11.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 8.9% Community & personal service workers, 8.5% Sales workers, 7.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Buronga work in are 11.9% Retail trade, 11.5% Education and training, 11.1% Health care and social assistance, 8.7% Accommodation and food services, 7.9% Transport, postal and warehousing, 7.3% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 7.3% Construction, 6.5% Public administration and safety, 6.1% Manufacturing.

28.2% of homes are fully owned, and 39.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 27.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $561 per week and the median household income is $1107 per week.

The median rent in Buronga is $155 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1365 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Buronga postcode 2739