Fingal Head Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Fingal Head (2487) is a suburb of North Coast, Northern Rivers, New South Wales. It is about 668 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Fingal Head is in the federal electorate of Richmond.

In the 2011 census the population of Fingal Head was 544 and is comprised of approximately 48.0% females and 52.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Fingal Head is 42 years of age.

77.5% of people living in the suburb of Fingal Head were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.5% England, 3.3% New Zealand, 0.9% United States of America, 0.9% Ireland, 0.9% Zimbabwe, 0.7% South Africa, 0.7% Italy, 0.7% Germany.

88.6% of people living in Fingal Head speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 8.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.1% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.6% Other, 0.6% Italian, 0.6% Indonesian.

The religious makeup of Fingal Head is 27.3% No religion, 21.1% Catholic, 16.7% Anglican, 13.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.8% Christian, nfd, 3.3% Uniting Church, 3.1% Buddhism, 1.5% Jehovah's Witnesses, 1.5% Baptist.

47.7% of people are married, 35.8% have never married and 7.4% are divorced and 3.5% are separated. There are 24 widowed people living in Fingal Head.

53.0% of the people living in Fingal Head over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.8% are working on a part time basis. Fingal Head has an unemployment rate of 6.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Fingal Head are 31.3% Professionals, 15.0% Managers, 13.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.7% Technicians & trades workers, 11.2% Labourers, 7.5% Sales workers, 3.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 3.3% Community & personal service workers, 2.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Fingal Head work in are 19.1% Health care and social assistance, 12.7% Construction, 9.5% Accommodation and food services, 8.6% Retail trade, 7.7% Education and training, 7.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.5% Public administration and safety, 4.1% Arts and recreation services, 4.1% Manufacturing.

42.9% of homes are fully owned, and 22.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 33.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $582 per week and the median household income is $1284 per week.

The median rent in Fingal Head is $325 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1867 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Fingal Head postcode 2487