Maclean Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Maclean (2463) is a suburb of North Coast, Northern Rivers, New South Wales. It is about 525 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Maclean is in the federal electorate of Cowper.

In the 2011 census the population of Maclean was 2,600 and is comprised of approximately 52.9% females and 47.1% males.

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

88.0% of people living in the suburb of Maclean were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.7% England, 1.4% New Zealand, 1.0% Scotland, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.3% Germany, 0.3% Singapore, 0.2% Norway, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Thailand, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% China , 0.2% Taiwan, 0.2% India, 0.2% Wales.

95.2% of people living in Maclean speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.6% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.4% Cantonese, 0.3% Dutch, 0.2% French, 0.2% Tagalog, 0.2% German, 0.2% Japanese, 0.1% Other.

The religious makeup of Maclean is 28.5% Anglican, 21.9% Catholic, 17.0% No religion, 8.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 7.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.2% Uniting Church, 2.5% Baptist, 2.1% Christian, nfd, 1.0% Jehovah's Witnesses, 0.9% Buddhism.

44.9% of people are married, 27.3% have never married and 10.6% are divorced and 3.5% are separated. There are 301 widowed people living in Maclean.

42.0% of the people living in Maclean over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 41.0% are working on a part time basis. Maclean has an unemployment rate of 10.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Maclean are 16.4% Community & personal service workers, 16.4% Labourers, 16.1% Professionals, 13.8% Technicians & trades workers, 12.0% Sales workers, 11.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 7.5% Managers, 6.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 0.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Maclean work in are 18.2% Health care and social assistance, 13.0% Retail trade, 9.9% Education and training, 8.6% Accommodation and food services, 8.0% Manufacturing, 7.6% Construction, 7.2% Public administration and safety, 4.7% Other services, 3.6% Professional, scientific and technical services.

43.0% of homes are fully owned, and 19.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 34.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $392 per week and the median household income is $703 per week.

The median rent in Maclean is $200 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1257 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Maclean postcode 2463