Sawtell Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Sawtell (2452) is a suburb of North Coast, Mid North Coast, New South Wales. It is about 428 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Sawtell is in the federal electorate of Cowper.

In the 2011 census the population of Sawtell was 3,490 and is comprised of approximately 50.7% females and 49.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Sawtell is 46 years of age.

86.4% of people living in the suburb of Sawtell were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.7% England, 1.0% New Zealand, 0.6% Scotland, 0.4% Philippines, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.3% United States of America, 0.3% Canada, 0.3% Papua New Guinea, 0.3% Germany, 0.3% Fiji, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Wales, 0.1% India.

94.6% of people living in Sawtell speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.4% Other, 0.3% Dutch, 0.2% French, 0.2% Thai, 0.2% Tagalog, 0.2% Samoan, 0.1% Japanese, 0.1% Italian.

The religious makeup of Sawtell is 27.3% Anglican, 25.5% Catholic, 22.6% No religion, 6.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.1% Presbyterian and Reformed, 4.4% Uniting Church, 1.8% Christian, nfd, 1.4% Pentecostal, 1.3% Other religious affiliation , 1.2% Baptist.

49.0% of people are married, 27.8% have never married and 11.2% are divorced and 4.2% are separated. There are 225 widowed people living in Sawtell.

48.8% of the people living in Sawtell over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 36.3% are working on a part time basis. Sawtell has an unemployment rate of 7.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Sawtell are 21.4% Professionals, 14.8% Community & personal service workers, 14.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.1% Technicians & trades workers, 10.7% Managers, 9.9% Sales workers, 9.9% Labourers, 4.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 0.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Sawtell work in are 16.6% Health care and social assistance, 12.8% Education and training, 11.1% Accommodation and food services, 11.0% Retail trade, 8.3% Construction, 7.2% Public administration and safety, 5.4% Manufacturing, 5.4% Professional, scientific and technical services, 3.8% Other services.

38.2% of homes are fully owned, and 22.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 35.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $479 per week and the median household income is $838 per week.

The median rent in Sawtell is $250 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1647 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Sawtell postcode 2452