Macksville Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Macksville (2447) is a suburb of North Coast, Mid North Coast, New South Wales. It is about 387 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Macksville is in the federal electorate of Cowper.

In the 2011 census the population of Macksville was 2,567 and is comprised of approximately 53.9% females and 46.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Macksville is 47 years of age.

87.5% of people living in the suburb of Macksville were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.4% England, 0.7% New Zealand, 0.4% Germany, 0.4% Scotland, 0.3% Italy, 0.2% Netherlands, 0.2% Fiji, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Lebanon, 0.2% Canada, 0.2% Austria, 0.1% India, 0.1% Hungary, 0.1% France.

94.1% of people living in Macksville speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.3% Italian, 0.2% Filipino , 0.1% Greek, 0.1% German, 0.1% Other, 0.1% Cantonese, 0.1% Arabic.

The religious makeup of Macksville is 27.5% Anglican, 25.0% Catholic, 15.1% No religion, 9.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 5.9% Uniting Church, 3.1% Salvation Army, 2.4% Jehovah's Witnesses, 1.5% Christian, nfd, 1.2% Seventh-day Adventist.

45.0% of people are married, 27.8% have never married and 10.5% are divorced and 3.6% are separated. There are 271 widowed people living in Macksville.

49.1% of the people living in Macksville over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 34.6% are working on a part time basis. Macksville has an unemployment rate of 10.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Macksville are 15.4% Labourers, 15.0% Community & personal service workers, 15.0% Technicians & trades workers, 13.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.1% Sales workers, 10.7% Professionals, 9.1% Managers, 7.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Macksville work in are 18.0% Retail trade, 13.4% Health care and social assistance, 10.6% Manufacturing, 8.9% Education and training, 7.4% Construction, 7.4% Accommodation and food services, 7.0% Public administration and safety, 5.6% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.1% Other services.

40.9% of homes are fully owned, and 25.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 29.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $377 per week and the median household income is $686 per week.

The median rent in Macksville is $180 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1138 per month.

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