Lake Cargelligo Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Lake Cargelligo (2672) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Far South West, New South Wales. It is about 452 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Lake Cargelligo is in the federal electorate of Parkes.

In the 2011 census the population of Lake Cargelligo was 1,380 and is comprised of approximately 50.2% females and 49.8% males.

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

89.8% of people living in the suburb of Lake Cargelligo were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 0.9% England, 0.8% South Africa, 0.7% New Zealand, 0.5% Fiji, 0.4% Lebanon, 0.3% Egypt, 0.3% Thailand, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Canada, 0.2% Croatia.

93.3% of people living in Lake Cargelligo speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.4% Arabic, 0.4% Other, 0.2% Greek, 0.2% Thai, 0.2% Tagalog, 0.2% Croatian, 0.2% Hindi.

The religious makeup of Lake Cargelligo is 31.1% Catholic, 26.3% Anglican, 14.3% Uniting Church, 7.3% No religion, 6.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.2% Brethren, 3.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.7% Christian, nfd, 0.8% Baptist, 0.7% Eastern Orthodox.

49.3% of people are married, 34.3% have never married and 5.0% are divorced and 2.2% are separated. There are 100 widowed people living in Lake Cargelligo.

61.4% of the people living in Lake Cargelligo over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.6% are working on a part time basis. Lake Cargelligo has an unemployment rate of 5.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Lake Cargelligo are 28.2% Managers, 12.2% Labourers, 11.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.6% Technicians & trades workers, 11.5% Professionals, 9.8% Community & personal service workers, 7.6% Sales workers, 5.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Lake Cargelligo work in are 23.7% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 13.2% Manufacturing, 10.0% Health care and social assistance, 10.0% Education and training, 7.8% Retail trade, 6.3% Wholesale trade, 5.1% Accommodation and food services, 4.3% Inadequately described/Not stated, 3.3% Public administration and safety.

42.0% of homes are fully owned, and 21.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 26.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $438 per week and the median household income is $866 per week.

The median rent in Lake Cargelligo is $110 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $791 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Lake Cargelligo postcode 2672