Sutherland Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Sutherland (2232) is a suburb of Sydney, Sutherland, New South Wales. It is about 23 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Sutherland is in the federal electorates of Cook, Hughes.

In the 2011 census the population of Sutherland was 9,923 and is comprised of approximately 52.1% females and 47.9% males.

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

70.1% of people living in the suburb of Sutherland were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.6% England, 2.0% New Zealand, 1.7% China , 1.0% India, 0.7% Philippines, 0.7% South Africa, 0.6% Russian Federation, 0.6% Egypt, 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% Indonesia, 0.5% Italy, 0.4% Poland, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% United States of America.

77.7% of people living in Sutherland speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.8% Other, 1.4% Mandarin, 1.3% Spanish, 1.2% Russian, 1.2% Cantonese, 1.0% Arabic, 0.7% Greek, 0.6% Italian.

The religious makeup of Sutherland is 25.9% Catholic, 23.1% Anglican, 19.2% No religion, 9.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.7% Uniting Church, 2.6% Eastern Orthodox, 2.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.1% Baptist, 2.1% Christian, nfd, 1.6% Buddhism.

40.7% of people are married, 36.9% have never married and 11.4% are divorced and 3.9% are separated. There are 586 widowed people living in Sutherland.

68.3% of the people living in Sutherland over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 22.5% are working on a part time basis. Sutherland has an unemployment rate of 3.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Sutherland are 25.6% Professionals, 18.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.4% Technicians & trades workers, 11.5% Managers, 10.1% Community & personal service workers, 8.9% Sales workers, 5.8% Labourers, 4.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Sutherland work in are 11.0% Health care and social assistance, 9.7% Professional, scientific and technical services, 9.6% Retail trade, 8.5% Education and training, 8.3% Public administration and safety, 7.6% Financial and insurance services, 6.9% Construction, 6.7% Manufacturing, 6.4% Transport, postal and warehousing.

23.3% of homes are fully owned, and 34.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 40.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $781 per week and the median household income is $1375 per week.

The median rent in Sutherland is $360 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2132 per month.

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