Cardiff Heights Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Cardiff Heights (2285) is a suburb of Hunter Valley, Lower Hunter Valley, New South Wales. It is about 112 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Cardiff Heights is in the federal electorate of Charlton.

In the 2011 census the population of Cardiff Heights was 1,280 and is comprised of approximately 51.6% females and 48.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Cardiff Heights is 48 years of age.

84.5% of people living in the suburb of Cardiff Heights were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.1% England, 1.0% Poland, 0.6% New Zealand, 0.6% India, 0.6% Germany, 0.6% Scotland, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.5% Malaysia, 0.5% Ireland, 0.5% Samoa, 0.4% Papua New Guinea, 0.4% Hungary, 0.3% Hong Kong , 0.3% Japan.

91.6% of people living in Cardiff Heights speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.0% Polish, 0.6% Croatian, 0.6% Mandarin, 0.6% German, 0.5% Macedonian, 0.5% Hungarian, 0.4% Italian, 0.4% Samoan.

The religious makeup of Cardiff Heights is 26.4% Catholic, 23.9% No religion, 20.4% Anglican, 5.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.3% Baptist, 4.1% Uniting Church, 3.1% Christian, nfd, 3.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.0% Pentecostal, 1.0% Jehovah's Witnesses.

49.3% of people are married, 26.1% have never married and 8.2% are divorced and 1.9% are separated. There are 156 widowed people living in Cardiff Heights.

57.9% of the people living in Cardiff Heights over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.8% are working on a part time basis. Cardiff Heights has an unemployment rate of 4.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Cardiff Heights are 34.6% Professionals, 12.7% Technicians & trades workers, 12.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.7% Sales workers, 9.8% Managers, 7.9% Community & personal service workers, 5.9% Labourers, 4.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Cardiff Heights work in are 20.8% Health care and social assistance, 11.3% Retail trade, 10.9% Education and training, 7.2% Construction, 6.4% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.7% Manufacturing, 5.5% Accommodation and food services, 5.2% Public administration and safety, 4.1% Other services.

45.1% of homes are fully owned, and 36.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 13.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $489 per week and the median household income is $1389 per week.

The median rent in Cardiff Heights is $250 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1700 per month.

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