Murrumburrah Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Murrumburrah (2587) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Central Tablelands, New South Wales. It is about 273 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Murrumburrah is in the federal electorate of Hume.

In the 2011 census the population of Murrumburrah was 479 and is comprised of approximately 53.0% females and 47.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Murrumburrah is 47 years of age.

90.6% of people living in the suburb of Murrumburrah were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.9% England, 1.2% Greece, 1.0% Netherlands, 1.0% Ireland.

96.0% of people living in Murrumburrah speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.0% Greek, 0.8% Vietnamese.

The religious makeup of Murrumburrah is 33.3% Catholic, 32.8% Anglican, 14.3% No religion, 5.4% Uniting Church, 5.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 2.3% Eastern Orthodox, 2.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.0% Christian, nfd, 0.8% Lutheran, 0.6% Islam.

41.0% of people are married, 29.8% have never married and 14.2% are divorced and 4.8% are separated. There are 40 widowed people living in Murrumburrah.

61.0% of the people living in Murrumburrah over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 27.7% are working on a part time basis. Murrumburrah has an unemployment rate of 9.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Murrumburrah are 22.6% Technicians & trades workers, 15.1% Professionals, 13.8% Managers, 13.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 8.8% Sales workers, 8.8% Community & personal service workers, 8.2% Labourers, 5.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 3.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Murrumburrah work in are 17.8% Retail trade, 13.4% Health care and social assistance, 10.8% Other services, 10.2% Education and training, 10.2% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 7.0% Public administration and safety, 6.4% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.7% Construction, 4.5% Accommodation and food services.

44.2% of homes are fully owned, and 26.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 21.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $377 per week and the median household income is $643 per week.

The median rent in Murrumburrah is $140 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $867 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Murrumburrah postcode 2587