Caves Beach Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Caves Beach (2281) is a suburb of Hunter Valley, East Lake Macquarie, New South Wales. It is about 93 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Caves Beach is in the federal electorate of Shortland.

In the 2011 census the population of Caves Beach was 3,936 and is comprised of approximately 51.2% females and 48.8% males.

The median/average age of the population of Caves Beach is 44 years of age.

86.1% of people living in the suburb of Caves Beach were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.2% England, 0.8% New Zealand, 0.6% Scotland, 0.5% Germany, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% United States of America, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% South Africa, 0.4% Wales, 0.3% Philippines, 0.2% Malta, 0.2% Jersey, 0.2% India, 0.2% Egypt.

93.7% of people living in Caves Beach speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Other, 0.3% Japanese, 0.2% Indonesian, 0.2% Dutch, 0.2% Maltese, 0.2% Thai, 0.1% German, 0.1% Australian Indigenous Languages .

The religious makeup of Caves Beach is 26.0% Catholic, 25.0% Anglican, 20.5% No religion, 7.0% Uniting Church, 5.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 4.0% Baptist, 1.7% Pentecostal, 1.6% Christian, nfd, 0.7% Eastern Orthodox.

58.6% of people are married, 26.4% have never married and 6.1% are divorced and 2.7% are separated. There are 200 widowed people living in Caves Beach.

54.2% of the people living in Caves Beach over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 35.3% are working on a part time basis. Caves Beach has an unemployment rate of 4.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Caves Beach are 21.9% Professionals, 15.7% Technicians & trades workers, 13.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.0% Managers, 11.0% Sales workers, 10.8% Community & personal service workers, 9.1% Labourers, 5.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Caves Beach work in are 12.5% Education and training, 12.5% Retail trade, 10.6% Health care and social assistance, 9.8% Construction, 8.2% Manufacturing, 8.1% Accommodation and food services, 6.5% Public administration and safety, 5.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 3.9% Mining.

46.3% of homes are fully owned, and 31.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 19.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $511 per week and the median household income is $1187 per week.

The median rent in Caves Beach is $320 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1928 per month.

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