Merungle Hill Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Merungle Hill (2705) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Murray & Riverina, New South Wales. It is about 447 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Merungle Hill is in the federal electorate of Riverina.

In the 2011 census the population of Merungle Hill was 237 and is comprised of approximately 47.7% females and 52.3% males.

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

89.0% of people living in the suburb of Merungle Hill were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.8% Italy, 3.4% England.

93.2% of people living in Merungle Hill speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.0% Italian.

The religious makeup of Merungle Hill is 37.3% Catholic, 22.9% Anglican, 14.4% No religion, 8.1% Presbyterian and Reformed, 5.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.2% Uniting Church, 3.8% Christian, nfd, 1.7% Buddhism, 1.3% Baptist, 1.3% Salvation Army.

58.2% of people are married, 24.9% have never married and 10.6% are divorced and 4.8% are separated. There are 3 widowed people living in Merungle Hill.

59.6% of the people living in Merungle Hill over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 25.0% are working on a part time basis. Merungle Hill has an unemployment rate of 6.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Merungle Hill are 19.4% Managers, 15.5% Labourers, 15.5% Professionals, 14.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 10.1% Technicians & trades workers, 7.8% Community & personal service workers, 7.0% Sales workers.

The main industries people from Merungle Hill work in are 15.6% Manufacturing, 15.6% Public administration and safety, 11.1% Education and training, 11.1% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 11.1% Retail trade, 8.9% Health care and social assistance, 6.7% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.4% Administrative and support services, 4.4% Construction.

36.8% of homes are fully owned, and 49.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 9.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $576 per week and the median household income is $1270 per week.

The median rent in Merungle Hill is $138 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1322 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Merungle Hill postcode 2705