Dubbo Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Dubbo (2830) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Central West Slopes, New South Wales. It is about 302 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Dubbo is in the federal electorate of Parkes.

In the 2011 census the population of Dubbo was 32,327 and is comprised of approximately 52.4% females and 47.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Dubbo is 35 years of age.

89.6% of people living in the suburb of Dubbo were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.0% England, 0.8% New Zealand, 0.4% India, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% Sri Lanka, 0.3% China , 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% Scotland, 0.2% South Africa, 0.1% Italy, 0.1% Netherlands, 0.1% United States of America, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% Germany.

92.8% of people living in Dubbo speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Other, 0.3% Cantonese, 0.3% Arabic, 0.2% Mandarin, 0.2% Tamil, 0.2% Greek, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% Tagalog.

The religious makeup of Dubbo is 32.9% Catholic, 28.4% Anglican, 11.7% No religion, 6.6% Uniting Church, 6.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.0% Christian, nfd, 1.6% Baptist, 1.2% Pentecostal, 0.6% Other religious affiliation .

44.1% of people are married, 36.9% have never married and 8.7% are divorced and 3.4% are separated. There are 1715 widowed people living in Dubbo.

62.4% of the people living in Dubbo over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 27.3% are working on a part time basis. Dubbo has an unemployment rate of 5.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Dubbo are 18.2% Professionals, 14.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.6% Technicians & trades workers, 11.7% Community & personal service workers, 11.6% Sales workers, 11.0% Labourers, 10.7% Managers, 6.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Dubbo work in are 15.5% Health care and social assistance, 13.3% Retail trade, 9.3% Education and training, 8.1% Accommodation and food services, 7.6% Public administration and safety, 7.1% Construction, 6.8% Manufacturing, 4.8% Other services, 4.8% Transport, postal and warehousing.

28.1% of homes are fully owned, and 34.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 33.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $571 per week and the median household income is $1052 per week.

The median rent in Dubbo is $200 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1473 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Dubbo postcode 2830