Boat Harbour Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Boat Harbour (2316) is a suburb of Hunter Valley, Port Stephens, New South Wales. It is about 146 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Boat Harbour is in the federal electorate of Paterson.

In the 2011 Census the population of Boat Harbour is 923 and is comprised of 49.3% females and 50.7% males.

The median/average age of the Boat Harbour population is 40 years of age, 3 years above the Australian average.

80.2% of people living in Boat Harbour were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 2.6%, South Africa 0.9%, Tanzania 0.5%, Croatia 0.4%, Germany 0.4%.

87.8% of people speak English as their first language 0.4% French, 0.4% Croatian, 0.3% Serbian, 0.3% German, 0.3% Italian.

The religious make up of Boat Harbour is 23.6% No Religion, 23.5% Anglican, 20.6% Catholic, 5.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 5.2% Uniting Church.

60.7% of people are married, 25.4% have never married and 8.6% are divorced and 3.3% are separated. There are 15 widowed people living in Boat Harbour.

53.4% of the people living in Boat Harbour are employed full time, 33% are working on a part time basis. Boat Harbour has an unemployment rate of 6.1%.

The main occupations of people from Boat Harbour are Technicians and Trades Workers 19.1%, Professionals 18.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Sales Workers 11.3%, Managers 10.8%, Labourers 6.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2%.

The median individual income is $533.00 per week and the median household income is $1129.00 per week.

39.4% of homes are fully owned, and 35.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 22.8% of homes are rented.

The median rent in Boat Harbour is $305 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1900 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Boat Harbour postcode 2316