South Murwillumbah Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

South Murwillumbah (2484) is a suburb of North Coast, Mid North Coast, New South Wales. It is about 650 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. South Murwillumbah is in the federal electorate of Richmond.

In the 2011 census the population of South Murwillumbah was 1,064 and is comprised of approximately 49.2% females and 50.8% males.

The median/average age of the population of South Murwillumbah is 41 years of age.

88.1% of people living in the suburb of South Murwillumbah were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.3% England, 2.0% New Zealand, 0.8% Scotland, 0.8% India, 0.5% Hungary, 0.4% Philippines, 0.4% Germany.

92.5% of people living in South Murwillumbah speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Other, 0.6% Punjabi, 0.3% Japanese, 0.3% Tagalog, 0.3% Italian, 0.3% Mandarin.

The religious makeup of South Murwillumbah is 27.7% Catholic, 21.7% No religion, 20.2% Anglican, 9.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.0% Uniting Church, 3.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.0% Other religious affiliation , 1.9% Seventh-day Adventist, 1.6% Christian, nfd, 1.6% Other Religious Groups.

35.6% of people are married, 35.6% have never married and 12.8% are divorced and 5.3% are separated. There are 89 widowed people living in South Murwillumbah.

53.0% of the people living in South Murwillumbah over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.3% are working on a part time basis. South Murwillumbah has an unemployment rate of 10.5%.

The main occupations of people living in South Murwillumbah are 15.5% Technicians & trades workers, 15.3% Labourers, 14.0% Community & personal service workers, 12.4% Professionals, 11.4% Managers, 10.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.8% Sales workers, 8.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from South Murwillumbah work in are 17.6% Retail trade, 15.5% Health care and social assistance, 10.4% Construction, 8.0% Public administration and safety, 7.5% Accommodation and food services, 6.2% Manufacturing, 6.0% Education and training, 4.9% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.4% Wholesale trade.

27.8% of homes are fully owned, and 31.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 33.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $411 per week and the median household income is $834 per week.

The median rent in South Murwillumbah is $280 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1603 per month.

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