Piggabeen Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Piggabeen (2486) is a suburb of North Coast, Northern Rivers, New South Wales. It is about 667 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Piggabeen is in the federal electorate of Richmond.

In the 2011 census the population of Piggabeen was 327 and is comprised of approximately 46.8% females and 53.2% males.

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

79.1% of people living in the suburb of Piggabeen were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.4% England, 5.8% New Zealand.

92.9% of people living in Piggabeen speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.9% Maltese.

The religious makeup of Piggabeen is 26.0% Anglican, 22.3% Catholic, 16.8% No religion, 9.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.7% Baptist, 3.4% Uniting Church, 2.8% Christian, nfd, 2.1% Lutheran, 2.1% Seventh-day Adventist, 2.1% Jehovah's Witnesses.

61.8% of people are married, 21.7% have never married and 11.6% are divorced and 2.4% are separated. There are 6 widowed people living in Piggabeen.

43.2% of the people living in Piggabeen over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 45.2% are working on a part time basis. Piggabeen has an unemployment rate of 6.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Piggabeen are 19.6% Professionals, 19.6% Technicians & trades workers, 16.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.6% Managers, 10.9% Labourers, 8.7% Community & personal service workers, 7.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 3.6% Sales workers, 2.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Piggabeen work in are 15.9% Construction, 9.4% Retail trade, 8.7% Other services, 8.7% Education and training, 8.0% Health care and social assistance, 6.5% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.5% Wholesale trade, 5.8% Inadequately described/Not stated, 5.8% Agriculture, forestry and fishing.

40.9% of homes are fully owned, and 42.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 12.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $496 per week and the median household income is $1262 per week.

The median rent in Piggabeen is $290 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1950 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Piggabeen postcode 2486