Legume Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Legume (2476) is a suburb of North Coast, Northern Rivers, New South Wales. It is about 616 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Legume is in the federal electorate of New England.

In the 2011 census the population of Legume was 370 and is comprised of approximately 48.6% females and 51.4% males.

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

94.3% of people living in the suburb of Legume were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.3% England, 1.4% New Zealand.

100.0% of people living in Legume speak English only. The other top languages spoken ar.

The religious makeup of Legume is 25.1% Catholic, 21.4% Anglican, 18.9% No religion, 11.9% Uniting Church, 7.3% Christian, nfd, 6.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.4% Jehovah's Witnesses, 1.9% Seventh-day Adventist, 0.8% Other Religious Groups.

56.6% of people are married, 25.2% have never married and 9.0% are divorced and 3.8% are separated. There are 16 widowed people living in Legume.

59.1% of the people living in Legume over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.8% are working on a part time basis. Legume has an unemployment rate of 3.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Legume are 33.9% Managers, 15.2% Labourers, 11.7% Community & personal service workers, 8.8% Technicians & trades workers, 8.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 7.6% Professionals, 7.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 5.8% Sales workers, 1.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Legume work in are 37.7% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 14.3% Health care and social assistance, 8.6% Retail trade, 8.0% Education and training, 5.1% Manufacturing, 4.6% Construction, 4.0% Wholesale trade, 3.4% Transport, postal and warehousing, 3.4% Accommodation and food services.

47.3% of homes are fully owned, and 24.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 26.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $444 per week and the median household income is $806 per week.

The median rent in Legume is $159 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1517 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Legume postcode 2476