Wellington Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Wellington (2820) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Central West Slopes, New South Wales. It is about 256 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Wellington is in the federal electorate of Parkes.

In the 2011 census the population of Wellington was 4,066 and is comprised of approximately 51.9% females and 48.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Wellington is 42 years of age.

87.8% of people living in the suburb of Wellington were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.2% England, 0.8% New Zealand, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% Germany, 0.3% China , 0.2% Malta, 0.1% Ireland, 0.1% Tonga, 0.1% Spain, 0.1% Austria, 0.1% Hungary, 0.1% Sri Lanka, 0.1% Finland.

91.9% of people living in Wellington speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.3% Cantonese, 0.3% Other, 0.2% Dutch, 0.1% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Vietnamese, 0.1% Tamil.

The religious makeup of Wellington is 34.1% Anglican, 27.7% Catholic, 11.7% No religion, 9.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.1% Uniting Church, 3.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.4% Baptist, 1.8% Christian, nfd, 1.2% Salvation Army, 0.8% Pentecostal.

36.5% of people are married, 39.3% have never married and 9.3% are divorced and 4.2% are separated. There are 344 widowed people living in Wellington.

51.5% of the people living in Wellington over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.9% are working on a part time basis. Wellington has an unemployment rate of 13.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Wellington are 18.8% Community & personal service workers, 15.3% Labourers, 13.9% Professionals, 13.3% Technicians & trades workers, 10.6% Sales workers, 9.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.2% Managers, 7.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Wellington work in are 17.0% Health care and social assistance, 12.9% Retail trade, 12.8% Public administration and safety, 10.7% Accommodation and food services, 8.7% Education and training, 4.8% Manufacturing, 4.4% Construction, 4.3% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.1% Other services.

36.3% of homes are fully owned, and 22.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 37.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $380 per week and the median household income is $661 per week.

The median rent in Wellington is $140 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $953 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Wellington postcode 2820