Wallerawang Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Wallerawang (2845) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Central Tablelands, New South Wales. It is about 117 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Wallerawang is in the federal electorate of Calare.

In the 2011 census the population of Wallerawang was 1,902 and is comprised of approximately 48.0% females and 52.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Wallerawang is 39 years of age.

87.5% of people living in the suburb of Wallerawang were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.8% England, 1.1% Scotland, 0.4% New Zealand, 0.3% Italy, 0.3% Malaysia, 0.3% Germany, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Chile, 0.2% India, 0.2% Netherlands, 0.2% Sri Lanka, 0.2% Fiji, 0.2% Egypt, 0.2% Croatia.

93.7% of people living in Wallerawang speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.2% Thai, 0.2% Punjabi, 0.2% Greek, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Mandarin, 0.2% Hindi, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Croatian.

The religious makeup of Wallerawang is 30.3% Catholic, 23.2% Anglican, 17.1% No religion, 8.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.8% Uniting Church, 5.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.4% Christian, nfd, 0.9% Baptist, 0.8% Buddhism, 0.8% Other religious affiliation .

52.1% of people are married, 32.4% have never married and 7.7% are divorced and 2.8% are separated. There are 73 widowed people living in Wallerawang.

59.6% of the people living in Wallerawang over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 27.5% are working on a part time basis. Wallerawang has an unemployment rate of 5.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Wallerawang are 19.4% Technicians & trades workers, 16.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 12.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.2% Labourers, 11.8% Community & personal service workers, 9.6% Professionals, 8.4% Sales workers, 8.1% Managers, 1.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Wallerawang work in are 14.4% Mining, 10.6% Health care and social assistance, 9.9% Public administration and safety, 9.6% Retail trade, 7.4% Accommodation and food services, 7.3% Manufacturing, 6.8% Construction, 5.4% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.0% Electricity, gas, water and waste services.

38.2% of homes are fully owned, and 34.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 24.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $492 per week and the median household income is $1125 per week.

The median rent in Wallerawang is $170 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1517 per month.

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