Sapphire Beach Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Sapphire Beach (2450) is a suburb of North Coast, Northern Rivers, New South Wales. It is about 444 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Sapphire Beach is in the federal electorate of Cowper.

In the 2011 census the population of Sapphire Beach was 1,765 and is comprised of approximately 48.3% females and 51.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Sapphire Beach is 42 years of age.

77.2% of people living in the suburb of Sapphire Beach were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.3% England, 1.8% New Zealand, 1.0% United States of America, 1.0% South Africa, 0.9% Germany, 0.9% India, 0.6% Scotland, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% Thailand, 0.3% France, 0.3% Switzerland, 0.3% Hungary, 0.3% Japan.

88.8% of people living in Sapphire Beach speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.8% Other, 0.6% Punjabi, 0.6% French, 0.6% German, 0.5% Thai, 0.4% Polish, 0.3% Serbian, 0.3% Arabic.

The religious makeup of Sapphire Beach is 25.0% No religion, 24.5% Anglican, 21.3% Catholic, 8.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.2% Uniting Church, 3.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.9% Christian, nfd, 2.0% Pentecostal, 1.2% Baptist, 1.0% Seventh-day Adventist.

58.5% of people are married, 25.6% have never married and 8.7% are divorced and 3.0% are separated. There are 60 widowed people living in Sapphire Beach.

55.7% of the people living in Sapphire Beach over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 35.6% are working on a part time basis. Sapphire Beach has an unemployment rate of 4.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Sapphire Beach are 25.3% Professionals, 15.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.6% Managers, 12.1% Sales workers, 10.4% Technicians & trades workers, 8.3% Community & personal service workers, 8.0% Labourers, 3.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 0.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Sapphire Beach work in are 14.4% Health care and social assistance, 12.5% Retail trade, 11.7% Construction, 10.3% Accommodation and food services, 8.7% Education and training, 8.0% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.4% Manufacturing, 5.3% Public administration and safety, 3.6% Administrative and support services.

40.8% of homes are fully owned, and 30.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 26.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $615 per week and the median household income is $1257 per week.

The median rent in Sapphire Beach is $350 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1603 per month.

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