Mount Austin Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Mount Austin (2650) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Murray & Riverina, New South Wales. It is about 380 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Mount Austin is in the federal electorate of Riverina.

In the 2011 census the population of Mount Austin was 3,999 and is comprised of approximately 53.3% females and 46.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Mount Austin is 37 years of age.

89.5% of people living in the suburb of Mount Austin were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.2% England, 0.6% New Zealand, 0.3% Uganda, 0.3% Scotland, 0.3% South Africa, 0.2% Pakistan, 0.2% Burundi, 0.2% India, 0.2% Netherlands, 0.2% Hungary, 0.2% Malaysia, 0.1% Sierra Leone, 0.1% Germany, 0.1% China .

93.8% of people living in Mount Austin speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.3% Other, 0.3% German, 0.2% Other, 0.1% Other , 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Greek, 0.1% Mandarin, 0.1% Australian Indigenous Languages .

The religious makeup of Mount Austin is 29.2% Catholic, 26.8% Anglican, 15.8% No religion, 6.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 6.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.3% Uniting Church, 2.5% Christian, nfd, 1.8% Lutheran, 0.9% Salvation Army, 0.8% Other religious affiliation .

34.6% of people are married, 39.8% have never married and 9.7% are divorced and 4.5% are separated. There are 370 widowed people living in Mount Austin.

57.7% of the people living in Mount Austin 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. Mount Austin has an unemployment rate of 8.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Mount Austin are 16.2% Labourers, 16.1% Technicians & trades workers, 13.5% Professionals, 13.1% Sales workers, 13.0% Community & personal service workers, 11.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 8.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 6.3% Managers, 2.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Mount Austin work in are 15.5% Health care and social assistance, 14.2% Retail trade, 9.1% Accommodation and food services, 8.8% Education and training, 8.5% Manufacturing, 7.8% Construction, 6.9% Public administration and safety, 5.7% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.3% Wholesale trade.

26.8% of homes are fully owned, and 29.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 39.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $435 per week and the median household income is $794 per week.

The median rent in Mount Austin is $182 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1300 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Mount Austin postcode 2650