Lake Wyangan Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Lake Wyangan (2680) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Far South West, New South Wales. It is about 478 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Lake Wyangan is in the federal electorate of Riverina.

In the 2011 census the population of Lake Wyangan was 901 and is comprised of approximately 48.7% females and 51.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Lake Wyangan is 38 years of age.

86.2% of people living in the suburb of Lake Wyangan were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.1% Italy, 1.4% India, 1.4% England, 1.1% New Zealand, 0.7% Samoa, 0.6% Tonga, 0.4% Thailand, 0.4% Fiji, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% Scotland, 0.3% South Africa.

83.5% of people living in Lake Wyangan speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 9.2% Italian, 1.4% Punjabi, 1.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.9% Samoan, 0.7% Hindi, 0.6% Dutch, 0.4% Macedonian, 0.4% Arabic, 0.3% Other.

The religious makeup of Lake Wyangan is 57.1% Catholic, 14.1% Anglican, 9.5% No religion, 6.7% Uniting Church, 2.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 2.0% Christian, nfd, 1.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.6% Other Religious Groups, 0.9% Other religious affiliation , 0.9% Lutheran.

66.9% of people are married, 25.0% have never married and 3.0% are divorced and 2.3% are separated. There are 18 widowed people living in Lake Wyangan.

60.1% of the people living in Lake Wyangan over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.5% are working on a part time basis. Lake Wyangan has an unemployment rate of 0.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Lake Wyangan are 26.6% Managers, 14.7% Professionals, 12.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.9% Technicians & trades workers, 11.3% Sales workers, 10.3% Labourers, 6.1% Community & personal service workers, 4.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Lake Wyangan work in are 15.1% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 14.5% Retail trade, 14.3% Manufacturing, 8.6% Education and training, 8.0% Construction, 5.5% Health care and social assistance, 5.0% Other services, 4.6% Professional, scientific and technical services, 3.8% Arts and recreation services.

36.9% of homes are fully owned, and 44.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 15.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $659 per week and the median household income is $1561 per week.

The median rent in Lake Wyangan is $140 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1600 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Lake Wyangan postcode 2680