Ashmont Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Ashmont (2650) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Murray & Riverina, New South Wales. It is about 382 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Ashmont is in the federal electorate of Riverina.

In the 2011 census the population of Ashmont was 4,024 and is comprised of approximately 52.2% females and 47.8% males.

The median/average age of the population of Ashmont is 31 years of age.

88.4% of people living in the suburb of Ashmont were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.0% England, 0.5% New Zealand, 0.4% Fiji, 0.4% Sudan, 0.3% India, 0.2% Netherlands, 0.2% Scotland, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% Liberia, 0.2% Hungary, 0.2% Papua New Guinea, 0.1% Pakistan, 0.1% Malaysia, 0.1% Chile.

92.6% of people living in Ashmont speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Other, 0.4% Hindi, 0.3% Urdu, 0.3% Samoan, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Filipino , 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% German.

The religious makeup of Ashmont is 31.8% Catholic, 27.1% Anglican, 16.1% No religion, 8.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.7% Uniting Church, 1.5% Baptist, 1.4% Lutheran, 1.2% Christian, nfd, 1.0% Pentecostal.

35.4% of people are married, 43.4% have never married and 10.3% are divorced and 5.0% are separated. There are 180 widowed people living in Ashmont.

55.9% of the people living in Ashmont over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.0% are working on a part time basis. Ashmont has an unemployment rate of 9.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Ashmont are 18.4% Labourers, 18.0% Technicians & trades workers, 12.6% Sales workers, 12.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.4% Community & personal service workers, 9.8% Professionals, 9.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 4.8% Managers, 1.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Ashmont work in are 15.2% Health care and social assistance, 13.8% Retail trade, 9.6% Manufacturing, 8.8% Public administration and safety, 8.7% Accommodation and food services, 7.2% Construction, 6.2% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.7% Wholesale trade, 5.7% Education and training.

20.6% of homes are fully owned, and 28.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 47.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $443 per week and the median household income is $770 per week.

The median rent in Ashmont is $167 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1300 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Ashmont postcode 2650