Bendemeer Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Bendemeer (2355) is a suburb of Regional NSW, North West Slopes, New South Wales. It is about 332 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Bendemeer is in the federal electorate of New England.

In the 2011 census the population of Bendemeer was 478 and is comprised of approximately 50.2% females and 49.8% males.

The median/average age of the population of Bendemeer is 46 years of age.

90.5% of people living in the suburb of Bendemeer were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.1% England, 1.5% New Zealand, 1.3% Croatia, 1.3% Germany.

93.1% of people living in Bendemeer speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.3% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.6% Greek, 0.6% German, 0.6% Cantonese, 0.6% Other.

The religious makeup of Bendemeer is 28.6% Anglican, 22.3% Catholic, 18.4% No religion, 8.1% Uniting Church, 6.1% Presbyterian and Reformed, 5.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 1.9% Baptist, 1.9% Christian, nfd, 1.7% Pentecostal, 1.3% Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions.

52.5% of people are married, 28.0% have never married and 10.4% are divorced and 3.0% are separated. There are 24 widowed people living in Bendemeer.

60.6% of the people living in Bendemeer over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 25.1% are working on a part time basis. Bendemeer has an unemployment rate of 6.5%.

The main occupations of people living in Bendemeer are 26.5% Managers, 15.2% Technicians & trades workers, 13.7% Labourers, 11.4% Machinery operators & drivers, 10.4% Professionals, 8.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 8.1% Community & personal service workers, 4.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 1.4% Sales workers.

The main industries people from Bendemeer work in are 25.4% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 11.7% Health care and social assistance, 9.9% Manufacturing, 8.5% Education and training, 6.6% Accommodation and food services, 5.6% Inadequately described/Not stated, 4.2% Wholesale trade, 4.2% Other services, 4.2% Retail trade.

45.4% of homes are fully owned, and 32.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 14.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $392 per week and the median household income is $785 per week.

The median rent in Bendemeer is $0 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $997 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Bendemeer postcode 2355