Crows Nest Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Crows Nest (2065) is a suburb of Sydney, Lower North Shore, New South Wales. It is about 5 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Crows Nest is in the federal electorate of North Sydney.

In the 2011 census the population of Crows Nest was 4,048 and is comprised of approximately 51.2% females and 48.8% males.

The median/average age of the population of Crows Nest is 34 years of age.

56.5% of people living in the suburb of Crows Nest were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.0% England, 3.5% New Zealand, 1.9% Japan, 1.7% China , 1.6% Hong Kong , 1.5% South Africa, 1.5% India, 1.3% United States of America, 1.2% Nepal, 0.9% Scotland, 0.9% Malaysia, 0.9% Germany, 0.8% Korea, Republic of , 0.7% Thailand.

72.3% of people living in Crows Nest speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 8.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.1% Cantonese, 2.0% Japanese, 1.9% Mandarin, 1.8% Other, 1.4% Spanish, 1.3% Other, 0.9% Hindi, 0.8% Thai.

The religious makeup of Crows Nest is 29.8% No religion, 22.7% Catholic, 15.3% Anglican, 12.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.5% Buddhism, 2.8% Hinduism, 2.2% Uniting Church, 2.1% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.6% Eastern Orthodox, 1.3% Other religious affiliation .

39.7% of people are married, 45.9% have never married and 9.3% are divorced and 2.5% are separated. There are 93 widowed people living in Crows Nest.

73.5% of the people living in Crows Nest over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 18.5% are working on a part time basis. Crows Nest has an unemployment rate of 3.5%.

The main occupations of people living in Crows Nest are 41.5% Professionals, 20.5% Managers, 13.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 7.6% Technicians & trades workers, 6.5% Sales workers, 5.1% Community & personal service workers, 2.3% Labourers, 2.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 0.8% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Crows Nest work in are 19.4% Professional, scientific and technical services, 12.0% Financial and insurance services, 8.4% Information media and telecommunications, 8.4% Health care and social assistance, 7.1% Retail trade, 6.2% Accommodation and food services, 6.1% Education and training, 4.1% Manufacturing, 4.1% Wholesale trade.

20.8% of homes are fully owned, and 30.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 47.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $1165 per week and the median household income is $2095 per week.

The median rent in Crows Nest is $480 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2900 per month.

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