Telarah Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Telarah (2320) is a suburb of Hunter Valley, Lower Hunter Valley, New South Wales. It is about 130 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Telarah is in the federal electorate of Hunter.

In the 2011 census the population of Telarah was 2,227 and is comprised of approximately 51.5% females and 48.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Telarah is 35 years of age.

88.7% of people living in the suburb of Telarah were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.0% England, 0.8% Germany, 0.7% New Zealand, 0.4% United States of America, 0.3% Poland, 0.3% Philippines, 0.2% Italy, 0.2% Scotland, 0.2% Netherlands, 0.2% Wales, 0.2% South Africa, 0.1% Fiji.

92.6% of people living in Telarah speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.4% Polish, 0.4% German, 0.4% Japanese, 0.2% Filipino , 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Cantonese, 0.1% Other, 0.1% Vietnamese.

The religious makeup of Telarah is 32.6% Catholic, 28.9% Anglican, 15.0% No religion, 7.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.8% Uniting Church, 3.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.4% Baptist, 1.4% Christian, nfd, 1.0% Salvation Army, 0.7% Other religious affiliation .

42.5% of people are married, 36.1% have never married and 10.4% are divorced and 3.2% are separated. There are 138 widowed people living in Telarah.

58.2% of the people living in Telarah over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.0% are working on a part time basis. Telarah has an unemployment rate of 7.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Telarah are 19.1% Technicians & trades workers, 15.8% Labourers, 12.8% Machinery operators & drivers, 12.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.3% Professionals, 10.8% Community & personal service workers, 10.4% Sales workers, 4.4% Managers, 1.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Telarah work in are 12.3% Health care and social assistance, 11.7% Manufacturing, 11.7% Construction, 11.5% Retail trade, 7.2% Accommodation and food services, 6.2% Mining, 5.7% Education and training, 5.4% Other services, 4.7% Transport, postal and warehousing.

31.9% of homes are fully owned, and 35.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 28.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $452 per week and the median household income is $905 per week.

The median rent in Telarah is $230 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1517 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Telarah postcode 2320