North Tamworth Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

North Tamworth (2340) is a suburb of Regional NSW, North West Slopes, New South Wales. It is about 311 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. North Tamworth is in the federal electorate of New England.

In the 2011 census the population of North Tamworth was 4,092 and is comprised of approximately 54.2% females and 45.8% males.

The median/average age of the population of North Tamworth is 42 years of age.

86.1% of people living in the suburb of North Tamworth were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.8% England, 0.5% New Zealand, 0.3% Germany, 0.3% United States of America, 0.3% India, 0.3% Malaysia, 0.2% Netherlands, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% Namibia, 0.2% Scotland, 0.2% Lebanon, 0.2% Sri Lanka, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% South Africa.

88.9% of people living in North Tamworth speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.7% Other, 0.3% Cantonese, 0.2% Bengali, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% German, 0.1% Korean, 0.1% Tamil, 0.1% Dutch.

The religious makeup of North Tamworth is 31.7% Anglican, 26.3% Catholic, 12.2% No religion, 10.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.6% Uniting Church, 4.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.0% Christian, nfd, 1.2% Baptist, 0.6% Buddhism, 0.6% Jehovah's Witnesses.

40.5% of people are married, 32.2% have never married and 10.3% are divorced and 3.2% are separated. There are 481 widowed people living in North Tamworth.

62.5% of the people living in North Tamworth over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 27.5% are working on a part time basis. North Tamworth has an unemployment rate of 5.0%.

The main occupations of people living in North Tamworth are 22.9% Professionals, 14.9% Technicians & trades workers, 12.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.8% Sales workers, 11.4% Community & personal service workers, 10.1% Labourers, 9.5% Managers, 5.4% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from North Tamworth work in are 21.2% Health care and social assistance, 12.4% Retail trade, 8.6% Education and training, 8.1% Manufacturing, 8.0% Construction, 7.5% Accommodation and food services, 6.1% Public administration and safety, 4.1% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.0% Other services.

28.4% of homes are fully owned, and 26.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 37.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $533 per week and the median household income is $898 per week.

The median rent in North Tamworth is $220 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1500 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for North Tamworth postcode 2340