Bourkelands Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Bourkelands (2650) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Murray & Riverina, New South Wales. It is about 381 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Bourkelands is in the federal electorate of Riverina.

In the 2011 census the population of Bourkelands was 2,298 and is comprised of approximately 52.9% females and 47.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Bourkelands is 33 years of age.

87.9% of people living in the suburb of Bourkelands were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.5% England, 1.4% South Africa, 0.6% Hong Kong , 0.5% Zimbabwe, 0.5% New Zealand, 0.5% China , 0.4% Philippines, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.3% Sudan, 0.3% Scotland, 0.3% Egypt, 0.3% Malaysia, 0.3% Sri Lanka, 0.3% Singapore.

92.0% of people living in Bourkelands speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.7% Other, 1.0% Cantonese, 1.0% Arabic, 0.3% Spanish, 0.3% Filipino , 0.3% Tamil, 0.3% Mandarin, 0.3% Sinhalese.

The religious makeup of Bourkelands is 37.7% Catholic, 23.9% Anglican, 11.7% No religion, 6.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 5.0% Uniting Church, 3.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 1.8% Brethren, 1.8% Christian, nfd, 1.4% Lutheran, 1.3% Pentecostal.

61.4% of people are married, 26.1% have never married and 6.1% are divorced and 2.8% are separated. There are 58 widowed people living in Bourkelands.

66.2% of the people living in Bourkelands over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 25.8% are working on a part time basis. Bourkelands has an unemployment rate of 2.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Bourkelands are 22.9% Professionals, 17.4% Technicians & trades workers, 13.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.1% Managers, 11.6% Community & personal service workers, 10.3% Sales workers, 6.3% Labourers, 3.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Bourkelands work in are 16.0% Public administration and safety, 13.5% Health care and social assistance, 10.7% Retail trade, 10.6% Education and training, 7.7% Construction, 6.3% Manufacturing, 6.0% Accommodation and food services, 4.4% Other services, 4.2% Transport, postal and warehousing.

26.3% of homes are fully owned, and 47.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 25.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $737 per week and the median household income is $1694 per week.

The median rent in Bourkelands is $305 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1800 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Bourkelands postcode 2650