Sawyers Gully Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Sawyers Gully (2326) is a suburb of Hunter Valley, Lower Hunter Valley, New South Wales. It is about 124 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Sawyers Gully is in the federal electorate of Hunter.

In the 2011 census the population of Sawyers Gully was 517 and is comprised of approximately 48.0% females and 52.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Sawyers Gully is 41 years of age.

86.4% of people living in the suburb of Sawyers Gully were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.9% England, 1.2% Switzerland, 0.8% Germany.

90.1% of people living in Sawyers Gully speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 8.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.8% Italian, 0.8% Arabic.

The religious makeup of Sawyers Gully is 25.0% Anglican, 24.4% Catholic, 17.6% No religion, 11.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.2% Uniting Church, 4.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.5% Baptist, 2.3% Christian, nfd, 1.4% Other Religious Groups, 1.0% Salvation Army.

48.2% of people are married, 35.6% have never married and 7.9% are divorced and 3.4% are separated. There are 22 widowed people living in Sawyers Gully.

63.9% of the people living in Sawyers Gully over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.2% are working on a part time basis. Sawyers Gully has an unemployment rate of 3.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Sawyers Gully are 18.9% Technicians & trades workers, 13.8% Machinery operators & drivers, 13.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.4% Labourers, 12.2% Managers, 10.2% Professionals, 8.7% Community & personal service workers, 5.5% Sales workers, 3.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Sawyers Gully work in are 13.0% Manufacturing, 11.1% Construction, 8.7% Health care and social assistance, 7.9% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.3% Retail trade, 6.3% Other services, 5.9% Mining, 5.9% Education and training, 5.9% Accommodation and food services.

40.0% of homes are fully owned, and 38.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 15.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $465 per week and the median household income is $956 per week.

The median rent in Sawyers Gully is $150 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2600 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Sawyers Gully postcode 2326