Buttaba Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Buttaba (2283) is a suburb of Hunter Valley, West Lake Macquarie, New South Wales. It is about 97 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Buttaba is in the federal electorate of Charlton.

In the 2011 census the population of Buttaba was 946 and is comprised of approximately 48.9% females and 51.1% males.

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

88.7% of people living in the suburb of Buttaba were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.0% England, 1.5% New Zealand, 0.7% Netherlands, 0.5% Italy, 0.5% India, 0.5% Hungary, 0.5% Fiji, 0.5% China , 0.5% Finland, 0.4% Philippines.

94.9% of people living in Buttaba speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.3% Italian, 0.6% Other, 0.4% French, 0.4% Dutch, 0.3% Croatian.

The religious makeup of Buttaba is 29.2% Anglican, 22.6% Catholic, 21.0% No religion, 7.8% Uniting Church, 5.6% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.0% Christian, nfd, 1.6% Seventh-day Adventist, 1.6% Baptist, 1.4% Other Christian.

58.3% of people are married, 26.3% have never married and 8.4% are divorced and 2.8% are separated. There are 32 widowed people living in Buttaba.

59.0% of the people living in Buttaba over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.0% are working on a part time basis. Buttaba has an unemployment rate of 3.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Buttaba are 20.0% Professionals, 18.7% Technicians & trades workers, 14.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.4% Sales workers, 9.7% Labourers, 9.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.4% Community & personal service workers, 7.4% Managers.

The main industries people from Buttaba work in are 14.3% Health care and social assistance, 12.4% Manufacturing, 11.1% Retail trade, 9.5% Construction, 8.8% Education and training, 5.7% Mining, 4.6% Accommodation and food services, 4.6% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.4% Electricity, gas, water and waste services.

40.9% of homes are fully owned, and 41.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 16.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $622 per week and the median household income is $1317 per week.

The median rent in Buttaba is $275 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1842 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Buttaba postcode 2283