Scotts Head Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Scotts Head (2447) is a suburb of North Coast, Mid North Coast, New South Wales. It is about 385 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Scotts Head is in the federal electorate of Cowper.

In the 2011 census the population of Scotts Head was 821 and is comprised of approximately 48.8% females and 51.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Scotts Head is 51 years of age.

86.2% of people living in the suburb of Scotts Head were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.7% England, 0.7% New Zealand, 0.7% United States of America, 0.7% Italy, 0.6% Fiji, 0.6% Netherlands, 0.4% Thailand, 0.4% France, 0.4% Switzerland, 0.4% Scotland.

93.7% of people living in Scotts Head speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.6% Hungarian, 0.5% Other, 0.5% Arabic, 0.5% Indonesian, 0.5% French, 0.4% Italian, 0.4% Greek.

The religious makeup of Scotts Head is 30.8% No religion, 19.6% Catholic, 19.5% Anglican, 8.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.3% Uniting Church, 4.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.6% Christian, nfd, 2.3% Jehovah's Witnesses, 1.9% Buddhism, 1.3% Other religious affiliation .

51.4% of people are married, 26.9% have never married and 11.7% are divorced and 3.2% are separated. There are 47 widowed people living in Scotts Head.

43.2% of the people living in Scotts Head over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 40.0% are working on a part time basis. Scotts Head has an unemployment rate of 10.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Scotts Head are 18.9% Professionals, 18.1% Community & personal service workers, 15.3% Technicians & trades workers, 11.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.0% Labourers, 10.7% Managers, 8.9% Sales workers, 5.3% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Scotts Head work in are 13.9% Education and training, 12.9% Retail trade, 12.9% Health care and social assistance, 11.4% Accommodation and food services, 10.7% Construction, 6.4% Administrative and support services, 5.7% Public administration and safety, 5.7% Manufacturing, 4.3% Professional, scientific and technical services.

46.4% of homes are fully owned, and 21.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 30.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $396 per week and the median household income is $704 per week.

The median rent in Scotts Head is $220 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1083 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Scotts Head postcode 2447