Lavington Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Lavington (2641) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Murray & Riverina, New South Wales. It is about 459 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Lavington is in the federal electorate of Farrer.

In the 2011 census the population of Lavington was 12,032 and is comprised of approximately 51.7% females and 48.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Lavington is 39 years of age.

84.5% of people living in the suburb of Lavington were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.8% England, 0.9% India, 0.7% Germany, 0.7% New Zealand, 0.7% Philippines, 0.6% Netherlands, 0.4% Bangladesh, 0.4% Bhutan, 0.3% Scotland, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Italy, 0.2% Nepal, 0.2% United States of America, 0.2% Croatia.

90.4% of people living in Lavington speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.9% Other, 0.8% Other, 0.4% Bengali, 0.4% Hindi, 0.3% German, 0.3% Tagalog, 0.3% Italian, 0.3% Filipino .

The religious makeup of Lavington is 27.1% Catholic, 22.1% Anglican, 18.1% No religion, 8.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 4.7% Uniting Church, 4.1% Lutheran, 2.2% Christian, nfd, 1.3% Pentecostal, 1.1% Hinduism.

43.9% of people are married, 34.5% have never married and 10.5% are divorced and 3.9% are separated. There are 712 widowed people living in Lavington.

56.8% of the people living in Lavington over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.8% are working on a part time basis. Lavington has an unemployment rate of 7.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Lavington are 17.2% Technicians & trades workers, 13.7% Labourers, 13.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.0% Sales workers, 11.7% Professionals, 11.2% Community & personal service workers, 9.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.5% Managers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Lavington work in are 14.8% Retail trade, 14.3% Manufacturing, 12.2% Health care and social assistance, 9.5% Construction, 8.3% Accommodation and food services, 6.8% Public administration and safety, 6.1% Education and training, 5.3% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.7% Other services.

29.8% of homes are fully owned, and 31.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 35.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $490 per week and the median household income is $826 per week.

The median rent in Lavington is $175 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1300 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Lavington postcode 2641