Lake Cathie Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Lake Cathie (2445) is a suburb of North Coast, Mid North Coast, New South Wales. It is about 300 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Lake Cathie is in the federal electorate of Lyne.

In the 2011 census the population of Lake Cathie was 2,998 and is comprised of approximately 50.5% females and 49.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Lake Cathie is 43 years of age.

87.7% of people living in the suburb of Lake Cathie were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.0% England, 1.0% New Zealand, 0.5% Scotland, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% Germany, 0.2% India, 0.2% Malta, 0.2% Netherlands, 0.2% China , 0.2% Uruguay, 0.2% Italy, 0.2% United States of America, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% France.

96.2% of people living in Lake Cathie speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.3% Other, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% Cantonese, 0.2% Hindi, 0.1% Dutch, 0.1% Indonesian, 0.1% Other, 0.1% Persian.

The religious makeup of Lake Cathie is 30.6% Anglican, 24.9% Catholic, 20.7% No religion, 6.3% Uniting Church, 5.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.7% Christian, nfd, 1.7% Baptist, 0.8% Pentecostal, 0.7% Other religious affiliation .

58.2% of people are married, 22.0% have never married and 9.7% are divorced and 3.9% are separated. There are 145 widowed people living in Lake Cathie.

50.8% of the people living in Lake Cathie over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 37.3% are working on a part time basis. Lake Cathie has an unemployment rate of 6.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Lake Cathie are 17.6% Professionals, 16.9% Technicians & trades workers, 15.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.3% Community & personal service workers, 10.9% Sales workers, 10.8% Managers, 8.4% Labourers, 6.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Lake Cathie work in are 15.7% Health care and social assistance, 12.9% Retail trade, 10.8% Education and training, 9.4% Construction, 6.4% Accommodation and food services, 6.2% Manufacturing, 4.7% Electricity, gas, water and waste services, 4.6% Other services, 4.4% Public administration and safety.

41.8% of homes are fully owned, and 31.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 23.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $462 per week and the median household income is $923 per week.

The median rent in Lake Cathie is $260 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Lake Cathie postcode 2445