Oxley Vale Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Oxley Vale (2340) is a suburb of Regional NSW, North West Slopes, New South Wales. It is about 313 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Oxley Vale is in the federal electorate of New England.

In the 2011 census the population of Oxley Vale was 3,336 and is comprised of approximately 53.0% females and 47.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Oxley Vale is 35 years of age.

89.0% of people living in the suburb of Oxley Vale were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.6% England, 0.5% New Zealand, 0.3% Germany, 0.3% United States of America, 0.3% India, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% Samoa, 0.2% China , 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Nepal, 0.2% Scotland, 0.2% Netherlands, 0.1% Sri Lanka, 0.1% Italy.

93.3% of people living in Oxley Vale speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.5% Other, 0.2% Dutch, 0.2% German, 0.1% Other, 0.1% Greek, 0.1% Italian, 0.1% Hindi, 0.1% French.

The religious makeup of Oxley Vale is 35.7% Anglican, 26.9% Catholic, 12.9% No religion, 7.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.0% Uniting Church, 2.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.5% Christian, nfd, 1.3% Jehovah's Witnesses, 0.9% Baptist, 0.7% Pentecostal.

46.0% of people are married, 36.1% have never married and 7.4% are divorced and 3.5% are separated. There are 179 widowed people living in Oxley Vale.

60.8% of the people living in Oxley Vale over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 27.7% are working on a part time basis. Oxley Vale has an unemployment rate of 6.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Oxley Vale are 16.1% Professionals, 16.1% Technicians & trades workers, 13.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.6% Labourers, 11.5% Community & personal service workers, 11.5% Sales workers, 8.1% Managers, 7.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Oxley Vale work in are 17.6% Health care and social assistance, 13.6% Retail trade, 8.8% Manufacturing, 8.0% Education and training, 7.8% Construction, 7.0% Accommodation and food services, 6.3% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.7% Other services, 5.3% Public administration and safety.

27.8% of homes are fully owned, and 29.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 38.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $521 per week and the median household income is $997 per week.

The median rent in Oxley Vale is $250 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1526 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Oxley Vale postcode 2340