Bangalow Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Bangalow (2479) is a suburb of North Coast, Northern Rivers, New South Wales. It is about 617 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Bangalow is in the federal electorate of Richmond.

In the 2011 census the population of Bangalow was 1,902 and is comprised of approximately 51.7% females and 48.3% males.

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

79.3% of people living in the suburb of Bangalow were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.9% England, 3.2% New Zealand, 1.1% United States of America, 0.8% South Africa, 0.6% Germany, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.5% Canada, 0.5% Japan, 0.4% Scotland, 0.4% India, 0.4% Sri Lanka, 0.4% Papua New Guinea, 0.4% Malaysia, 0.3% Sweden.

92.9% of people living in Bangalow speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.8% Punjabi, 0.6% Japanese, 0.5% Other, 0.5% Spanish, 0.4% Dutch, 0.4% Italian, 0.3% German, 0.3% Mandarin.

The religious makeup of Bangalow is 37.3% No religion, 19.2% Catholic, 15.1% Anglican, 7.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.9% Uniting Church, 3.5% Buddhism, 2.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.8% Other religious affiliation , 2.0% Christian, nfd, 1.4% Other Religious Groups.

41.0% of people are married, 34.2% have never married and 14.4% are divorced and 3.8% are separated. There are 96 widowed people living in Bangalow.

44.9% of the people living in Bangalow over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 43.2% are working on a part time basis. Bangalow has an unemployment rate of 6.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Bangalow are 28.7% Professionals, 17.2% Managers, 11.7% Technicians & trades workers, 10.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.4% Labourers, 8.7% Community & personal service workers, 8.4% Sales workers, 3.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Bangalow work in are 15.9% Health care and social assistance, 12.5% Retail trade, 9.2% Education and training, 8.8% Accommodation and food services, 7.6% Construction, 6.9% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.4% Manufacturing, 5.1% Other services, 4.4% Agriculture, forestry and fishing.

28.5% of homes are fully owned, and 36.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 30.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $536 per week and the median household income is $1024 per week.

The median rent in Bangalow is $420 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1538 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Bangalow postcode 2479