Brierfield Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Brierfield (2454) is a suburb of North Coast, Mid North Coast, New South Wales. It is about 406 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Brierfield is in the federal electorate of Cowper.

In the 2011 census the population of Brierfield was 339 and is comprised of approximately 49.3% females and 50.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Brierfield is 42 years of age.

80.2% of people living in the suburb of Brierfield were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 8.6% England, 1.8% New Zealand, 1.8% Belgium, 1.8% Netherlands.

92.4% of people living in Brierfield speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.8% Dutch, 0.9% Other, 0.9% Australian Indigenous Languages .

The religious makeup of Brierfield is 38.7% No religion, 23.2% Anglican, 16.4% Catholic, 6.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.1% Uniting Church, 2.1% Buddhism, 1.8% Christian, nfd, 1.8% Other Religious Groups, 1.8% Pentecostal, 0.9% Eastern Orthodox.

52.7% of people are married, 29.8% have never married and 12.6% are divorced and 3.4% are separated. There are 4 widowed people living in Brierfield.

52.0% of the people living in Brierfield over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 38.2% are working on a part time basis. Brierfield has an unemployment rate of 5.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Brierfield are 19.6% Professionals, 18.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.5% Technicians & trades workers, 12.2% Managers, 10.8% Labourers, 8.8% Community & personal service workers, 7.4% Machinery operators & drivers, 4.1% Sales workers, 2.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Brierfield work in are 16.8% Health care and social assistance, 11.4% Education and training, 11.4% Construction, 10.1% Public administration and safety, 10.1% Retail trade, 8.7% Professional, scientific and technical services, 8.1% Manufacturing, 6.7% Inadequately described/Not stated, 2.7% Transport, postal and warehousing.

45.5% of homes are fully owned, and 39.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 11.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $471 per week and the median household income is $974 per week.

The median rent in Brierfield is $250 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1354 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Brierfield postcode 2454