Buckajo Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Buckajo (2550) is a suburb of South Coast, South Coast, New South Wales. It is about 342 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Buckajo is in the federal electorate of Eden-Monaro.

In the 2011 census the population of Buckajo was 404 and is comprised of approximately 48.3% females and 51.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Buckajo is 42 years of age.

88.8% of people living in the suburb of Buckajo were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.5% England, 1.2% South Africa, 1.0% Papua New Guinea, 0.7% New Zealand, 0.7% Netherlands, 0.7% Germany.

96.8% of people living in Buckajo speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.5% Dutch, 1.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% French.

The religious makeup of Buckajo is 34.2% No religion, 30.5% Anglican, 24.3% Catholic, 3.7% Uniting Church, 2.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.7% Christian, nfd, 1.0% Other religious affiliation , 0.7% Baptist, 0.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 0.7% Buddhism.

62.4% of people are married, 21.5% have never married and 10.2% are divorced and 1.0% are separated. There are 15 widowed people living in Buckajo.

64.1% of the people living in Buckajo over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.3% are working on a part time basis. Buckajo has an unemployment rate of 3.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Buckajo are 21.5% Professionals, 17.4% Managers, 13.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.8% Technicians & trades workers, 11.3% Labourers, 10.3% Community & personal service workers, 7.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.6% Sales workers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Buckajo work in are 16.8% Manufacturing, 16.3% Health care and social assistance, 12.6% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 10.5% Construction, 7.4% Retail trade, 7.4% Education and training, 5.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.3% Accommodation and food services, 4.2% Other services.

43.6% of homes are fully owned, and 45.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 7.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $624 per week and the median household income is $1190 per week.

The median rent in Buckajo is $0 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1300 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Buckajo postcode 2550