Yerong Creek Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Yerong Creek (2642) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Murray & Riverina, New South Wales. It is about 415 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Yerong Creek is in the federal electorate of Farrer.

In the 2011 census the population of Yerong Creek was 517 and is comprised of approximately 46.8% females and 53.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Yerong Creek is 40 years of age.

89.7% of people living in the suburb of Yerong Creek were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.7% England, 1.2% New Zealand, 1.2% Austria.

93.2% of people living in Yerong Creek speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.2% German, 0.6% Spanish, 0.6% French.

The religious makeup of Yerong Creek is 28.5% Catholic, 15.5% Anglican, 12.8% Uniting Church, 11.8% No religion, 10.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 8.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 8.2% Lutheran, 1.7% Baptist, 0.8% Pentecostal, 0.8% Christian, nfd.

67.9% of people are married, 20.5% have never married and 8.4% are divorced and 0.0% are separated. There are 12 widowed people living in Yerong Creek.

58.8% of the people living in Yerong Creek over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.8% are working on a part time basis. Yerong Creek has an unemployment rate of 6.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Yerong Creek are 46.5% Managers, 10.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.8% Professionals, 8.0% Labourers, 7.5% Technicians & trades workers, 4.9% Community & personal service workers, 3.1% Sales workers, 1.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Yerong Creek work in are 46.3% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 10.6% Health care and social assistance, 10.1% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.3% Education and training, 4.0% Inadequately described/Not stated, 4.0% Construction, 4.0% Professional, scientific and technical services, 2.6% Mining, 2.6% Other services.

48.0% of homes are fully owned, and 31.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 13.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $444 per week and the median household income is $977 per week.

The median rent in Yerong Creek is $30 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $867 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Yerong Creek postcode 2642