Eglinton Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Eglinton (2795) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Central Tablelands, New South Wales. It is about 163 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Eglinton is in the federal electorate of Calare.

In the 2011 census the population of Eglinton was 2,109 and is comprised of approximately 49.2% females and 50.8% males.

The median/average age of the population of Eglinton is 36 years of age.

89.3% of people living in the suburb of Eglinton were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.9% England, 0.8% New Zealand, 0.6% Scotland, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.5% South Africa, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% Germany, 0.2% Wales, 0.2% Lebanon, 0.2% Malaysia.

95.0% of people living in Eglinton speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.5% Other, 0.3% Mandarin, 0.2% Arabic, 0.1% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.1% Dutch.

The religious makeup of Eglinton is 32.4% Catholic, 28.8% Anglican, 14.1% No religion, 6.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.9% Uniting Church, 4.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.0% Baptist, 1.9% Christian, nfd, 0.8% Jehovah's Witnesses, 0.6% Pentecostal.

61.0% of people are married, 27.1% have never married and 6.3% are divorced and 1.9% are separated. There are 57 widowed people living in Eglinton.

60.2% of the people living in Eglinton over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.0% are working on a part time basis. Eglinton has an unemployment rate of 3.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Eglinton are 17.7% Technicians & trades workers, 14.4% Professionals, 13.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.1% Labourers, 11.4% Managers, 11.0% Community & personal service workers, 10.6% Sales workers, 7.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Eglinton work in are 12.6% Manufacturing, 12.2% Health care and social assistance, 11.0% Retail trade, 10.1% Public administration and safety, 8.8% Education and training, 7.8% Construction, 5.5% Accommodation and food services, 4.8% Other services, 4.2% Agriculture, forestry and fishing.

35.0% of homes are fully owned, and 47.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 16.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $622 per week and the median household income is $1446 per week.

The median rent in Eglinton is $270 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Eglinton postcode 2795