Cooranbong Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Cooranbong (2265) is a suburb of Hunter Valley, Lower Hunter Valley, New South Wales. It is about 91 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Cooranbong is in the federal electorate of Charlton.

In the 2011 census the population of Cooranbong was 5,030 and is comprised of approximately 51.9% females and 48.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Cooranbong is 40 years of age.

78.3% of people living in the suburb of Cooranbong were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.1% New Zealand, 2.9% England, 1.0% South Africa, 0.7% United States of America, 0.6% Papua New Guinea, 0.4% Tonga, 0.4% Fiji, 0.4% Germany, 0.4% Zimbabwe, 0.4% Scotland, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% Canada, 0.3% Solomon Islands, 0.3% Korea, Republic of .

87.8% of people living in Cooranbong speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.8% Other, 0.6% Spanish, 0.6% Samoan, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% Polish, 0.2% Russian, 0.2% Serbian, 0.2% Croatian.

The religious makeup of Cooranbong is 32.7% Seventh-day Adventist, 15.7% Anglican, 13.9% No religion, 10.8% Catholic, 8.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.1% Christian, nfd, 3.1% Uniting Church, 1.7% Baptist, 1.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.0% Other Christian.

49.3% of people are married, 31.1% have never married and 8.0% are divorced and 3.0% are separated. There are 355 widowed people living in Cooranbong.

53.3% of the people living in Cooranbong over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.6% are working on a part time basis. Cooranbong has an unemployment rate of 6.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Cooranbong are 21.5% Professionals, 17.2% Technicians & trades workers, 13.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.3% Labourers, 10.3% Community & personal service workers, 8.9% Managers, 7.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 7.1% Sales workers, 1.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Cooranbong work in are 15.7% Education and training, 15.5% Health care and social assistance, 15.4% Manufacturing, 8.4% Construction, 7.6% Retail trade, 5.5% Other services, 4.2% Professional, scientific and technical services, 3.7% Transport, postal and warehousing, 3.4% Public administration and safety.

31.6% of homes are fully owned, and 36.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 25.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $457 per week and the median household income is $1053 per week.

The median rent in Cooranbong is $220 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Cooranbong postcode 2265