Murrumbateman Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Murrumbateman (2582) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Central Tablelands, New South Wales. It is about 234 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Murrumbateman is in the federal electorate of Hume.

In the 2011 census the population of Murrumbateman was 2,846 and is comprised of approximately 49.6% females and 50.4% males.

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

80.9% of people living in the suburb of Murrumbateman were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.3% England, 1.1% New Zealand, 0.7% Germany, 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% United States of America, 0.4% China , 0.3% Netherlands, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% Papua New Guinea, 0.2% Korea, Republic of , 0.2% Chile, 0.2% Malaysia, 0.2% Italy, 0.2% Tanzania.

91.0% of people living in Murrumbateman speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% German, 0.4% Spanish, 0.4% Greek, 0.4% Italian, 0.4% Other, 0.3% Polish, 0.2% Turkish, 0.1% Croatian.

The religious makeup of Murrumbateman is 28.5% Catholic, 28.0% No religion, 20.0% Anglican, 7.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.0% Uniting Church, 2.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.0% Christian, nfd, 1.7% Lutheran, 0.7% Salvation Army, 0.6% Eastern Orthodox.

63.8% of people are married, 25.8% have never married and 6.4% are divorced and 1.6% are separated. There are 51 widowed people living in Murrumbateman.

66.5% of the people living in Murrumbateman over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 24.9% are working on a part time basis. Murrumbateman has an unemployment rate of 2.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Murrumbateman are 26.0% Professionals, 19.6% Managers, 19.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.3% Technicians & trades workers, 8.2% Community & personal service workers, 5.6% Sales workers, 5.0% Labourers, 2.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Murrumbateman work in are 26.7% Public administration and safety, 10.8% Professional, scientific and technical services, 10.0% Education and training, 9.7% Construction, 7.9% Health care and social assistance, 7.1% Retail trade, 4.2% Accommodation and food services, 3.7% Manufacturing, 3.1% Other services.

27.6% of homes are fully owned, and 64.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 7.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $1023 per week and the median household income is $2442 per week.

The median rent in Murrumbateman is $288 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2600 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Murrumbateman postcode 2582