Brandy Hill Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Brandy Hill (2324) is a suburb of Hunter Valley, Port Stephens, New South Wales. It is about 138 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Brandy Hill is in the federal electorate of Paterson.

In the 2011 census the population of Brandy Hill was 673 and is comprised of approximately 50.4% females and 49.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Brandy Hill is 45 years of age.

89.6% of people living in the suburb of Brandy Hill were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.0% England, 0.9% New Zealand, 0.7% Cyprus, 0.7% South Africa, 0.7% Sri Lanka, 0.7% Scotland, 0.6% Northern Ireland, 0.6% Netherlands, 0.6% Germany.

96.4% of people living in Brandy Hill speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.9% Dutch, 0.6% Croatian, 0.4% Macedonian.

The religious makeup of Brandy Hill is 30.2% Anglican, 26.2% Catholic, 16.7% No religion, 7.1% Uniting Church, 3.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.6% Baptist, 2.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 2.4% Eastern Orthodox, 1.9% Christian, nfd, 1.6% Pentecostal.

62.3% of people are married, 28.7% have never married and 5.9% are divorced and 1.2% are separated. There are 10 widowed people living in Brandy Hill.

58.3% of the people living in Brandy Hill over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.5% are working on a part time basis. Brandy Hill has an unemployment rate of 3.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Brandy Hill are 19.0% Professionals, 16.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 16.0% Technicians & trades workers, 12.5% Sales workers, 12.5% Managers, 7.8% Machinery operators & drivers, 7.8% Labourers, 6.2% Community & personal service workers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Brandy Hill work in are 12.8% Manufacturing, 12.2% Retail trade, 10.8% Construction, 10.0% Education and training, 9.2% Health care and social assistance, 6.8% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.8% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.5% Other services, 4.0% Accommodation and food services.

42.9% of homes are fully owned, and 53.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 1.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $636 per week and the median household income is $1849 per week.

The median rent in Brandy Hill is $250 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2167 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Brandy Hill postcode 2324