Casuarina Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Casuarina (2487) is a suburb of North Coast, Northern Rivers, New South Wales. It is about 659 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Casuarina is in the federal electorate of Richmond.

In the 2011 census the population of Casuarina was 1,661 and is comprised of approximately 50.3% females and 49.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Casuarina is 35 years of age.

80.7% of people living in the suburb of Casuarina were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.3% England, 3.9% New Zealand, 1.3% United States of America, 1.0% South Africa, 0.7% Scotland, 0.5% Papua New Guinea, 0.5% Brazil, 0.4% Malta, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.3% Canada, 0.3% Sweden, 0.3% Switzerland, 0.3% Japan, 0.3% Fiji.

92.5% of people living in Casuarina speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Other, 0.5% Italian, 0.4% Portuguese, 0.4% Spanish, 0.2% Croatian, 0.2% Vietnamese, 0.2% Russian, 0.2% Polish.

The religious makeup of Casuarina is 27.6% No religion, 24.7% Catholic, 18.7% Anglican, 6.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.2% Uniting Church, 3.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.1% Pentecostal, 3.0% Christian, nfd, 1.1% Buddhism, 0.9% Baptist.

55.1% of people are married, 29.2% have never married and 9.1% are divorced and 5.3% are separated. There are 16 widowed people living in Casuarina.

53.5% of the people living in Casuarina over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 34.5% are working on a part time basis. Casuarina has an unemployment rate of 6.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Casuarina are 24.9% Professionals, 16.7% Managers, 13.9% Technicians & trades workers, 13.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.7% Community & personal service workers, 11.2% Sales workers, 5.8% Labourers, 1.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Casuarina work in are 12.8% Construction, 12.0% Health care and social assistance, 10.5% Accommodation and food services, 9.8% Professional, scientific and technical services, 9.4% Retail trade, 8.9% Education and training, 5.1% Other services, 4.5% Administrative and support services, 4.3% Public administration and safety.

16.0% of homes are fully owned, and 36.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 46.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $687 per week and the median household income is $1456 per week.

The median rent in Casuarina is $410 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2500 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Casuarina postcode 2487