Valla Beach Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Valla Beach (2448) is a suburb of North Coast, Mid North Coast, New South Wales. It is about 402 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Valla Beach is in the federal electorate of Cowper.

In the 2011 census the population of Valla Beach was 1,200 and is comprised of approximately 53.7% females and 46.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Valla Beach is 51 years of age.

82.8% of people living in the suburb of Valla Beach were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.0% England, 1.3% New Zealand, 1.1% Scotland, 0.8% Germany, 0.8% Netherlands, 0.6% Japan, 0.6% Wales, 0.5% United States of America, 0.5% Canada, 0.3% Malta, 0.3% India, 0.3% Ireland.

94.9% of people living in Valla Beach speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.5% Indonesian, 0.5% Dutch, 0.5% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.5% Other, 0.2% Hungarian, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Japanese.

The religious makeup of Valla Beach is 26.5% Anglican, 25.9% No religion, 18.8% Catholic, 5.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.6% Uniting Church, 3.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.2% Buddhism, 2.2% Christian, nfd, 1.8% Pentecostal, 1.2% Other religious affiliation .

54.8% of people are married, 23.8% have never married and 11.4% are divorced and 2.7% are separated. There are 74 widowed people living in Valla Beach.

48.8% of the people living in Valla Beach over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 35.2% are working on a part time basis. Valla Beach has an unemployment rate of 7.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Valla Beach are 25.4% Professionals, 14.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.3% Community & personal service workers, 12.1% Managers, 11.1% Technicians & trades workers, 10.9% Sales workers, 8.0% Labourers, 3.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Valla Beach work in are 15.5% Health care and social assistance, 14.7% Education and training, 12.1% Retail trade, 11.1% Construction, 8.0% Accommodation and food services, 7.7% Public administration and safety, 4.1% Transport, postal and warehousing, 3.9% Professional, scientific and technical services, 3.9% Other services.

51.3% of homes are fully owned, and 27.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 17.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $427 per week and the median household income is $848 per week.

The median rent in Valla Beach is $255 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1600 per month.

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