Mudgee Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Mudgee (2850) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Central Tablelands, New South Wales. It is about 207 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Mudgee is in the federal electorate of Parkes.

In the 2011 census the population of Mudgee was 9,830 and is comprised of approximately 50.8% females and 49.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Mudgee is 37 years of age.

86.1% of people living in the suburb of Mudgee were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.0% England, 1.1% New Zealand, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% Germany, 0.3% Netherlands, 0.2% China , 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Scotland, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Romania, 0.1% India, 0.1% United States of America, 0.1% Croatia, 0.1% Malaysia.

91.5% of people living in Mudgee speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.6% Other, 0.2% Greek, 0.2% Tagalog, 0.2% German, 0.2% Mandarin, 0.2% Vietnamese, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Cantonese.

The religious makeup of Mudgee is 30.2% Anglican, 28.9% Catholic, 16.2% No religion, 8.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.4% Uniting Church, 4.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.4% Christian, nfd, 1.4% Baptist, 0.9% Pentecostal, 0.6% Jehovah's Witnesses.

45.2% of people are married, 33.9% have never married and 9.4% are divorced and 3.5% are separated. There are 617 widowed people living in Mudgee.

58.8% of the people living in Mudgee over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.6% are working on a part time basis. Mudgee has an unemployment rate of 5.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Mudgee are 17.9% Technicians & trades workers, 14.8% Professionals, 13.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 11.9% Labourers, 11.1% Sales workers, 10.1% Managers, 10.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.0% Community & personal service workers, 1.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Mudgee work in are 15.3% Mining, 13.1% Retail trade, 10.3% Accommodation and food services, 9.5% Health care and social assistance, 8.2% Construction, 6.8% Education and training, 5.5% Manufacturing, 5.1% Other services, 4.7% Public administration and safety.

31.2% of homes are fully owned, and 29.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 35.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $507 per week and the median household income is $1023 per week.

The median rent in Mudgee is $240 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Mudgee postcode 2850