Lightning Ridge Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Lightning Ridge (2834) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Central West Slopes, New South Wales. It is about 586 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Lightning Ridge is in the federal electorate of Parkes.

In the 2011 census the population of Lightning Ridge was 2,492 and is comprised of approximately 44.6% females and 55.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Lightning Ridge is 48 years of age.

69.6% of people living in the suburb of Lightning Ridge were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.8% England, 1.7% South Eastern Europe, nfd, 1.5% New Zealand, 1.4% Germany, 1.4% Croatia, 1.0% Philippines, 1.0% Serbia, 0.6% Hungary, 0.6% Netherlands, 0.5% Slovakia, 0.5% United States of America, 0.5% Bosnia and Herzegovina, 0.4% Pakistan, 0.4% Austria.

79.3% of people living in Lightning Ridge speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 9.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.5% Other, 1.7% Serbian, 1.6% Croatian, 1.0% German, 0.7% Tagalog, 0.7% Hungarian, 0.4% Greek, 0.4% Italian.

The religious makeup of Lightning Ridge is 26.2% Anglican, 23.2% Catholic, 19.5% No religion, 13.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.3% Eastern Orthodox, 2.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.2% Uniting Church, 1.6% Christian, nfd, 1.5% Jehovah's Witnesses, 1.2% Lutheran.

33.5% of people are married, 36.5% have never married and 16.4% are divorced and 5.4% are separated. There are 167 widowed people living in Lightning Ridge.

49.4% of the people living in Lightning Ridge over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.1% are working on a part time basis. Lightning Ridge has an unemployment rate of 13.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Lightning Ridge are 16.6% Community & personal service workers, 15.5% Managers, 12.8% Professionals, 12.2% Labourers, 11.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.9% Technicians & trades workers, 9.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 9.0% Sales workers, 3.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Lightning Ridge work in are 13.6% Retail trade, 13.5% Health care and social assistance, 11.1% Education and training, 10.1% Accommodation and food services, 9.3% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 5.9% Public administration and safety, 5.9% Mining, 4.7% Inadequately described/Not stated, 4.3% Arts and recreation services.

49.1% of homes are fully owned, and 10.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 30.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $350 per week and the median household income is $541 per week.

The median rent in Lightning Ridge is $120 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $867 per month.

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