Callala Beach Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Callala Beach (2540) is a suburb of South Coast, South Coast, New South Wales. It is about 135 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Callala Beach is in the federal electorate of Gilmore.

In the 2011 census the population of Callala Beach was 774 and is comprised of approximately 51.7% females and 48.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Callala Beach is 53 years of age.

71.8% of people living in the suburb of Callala Beach were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.4% England, 2.4% Italy, 1.7% New Zealand, 1.7% Malta, 1.4% Germany, 0.8% Poland, 0.8% Greece, 0.6% Finland, 0.6% Norway, 0.6% South Africa, 0.6% Estonia, 0.6% Slovenia, 0.5% Hungary, 0.5% Japan.

85.6% of people living in Callala Beach speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.8% Italian, 1.5% Greek, 1.3% Other, 0.9% Hungarian, 0.8% French, 0.6% Polish, 0.5% Croatian, 0.5% Maltese.

The religious makeup of Callala Beach is 27.8% Anglican, 23.3% Catholic, 20.5% No religion, 8.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.2% Uniting Church, 5.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.9% Eastern Orthodox, 1.7% Other religious affiliation , 1.0% Baptist, 0.9% Christian, nfd.

55.9% of people are married, 21.1% have never married and 9.2% are divorced and 5.1% are separated. There are 55 widowed people living in Callala Beach.

45.2% of the people living in Callala Beach over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.6% are working on a part time basis. Callala Beach has an unemployment rate of 12.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Callala Beach are 21.5% Professionals, 13.9% Labourers, 13.4% Technicians & trades workers, 11.5% Managers, 11.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.6% Community & personal service workers, 8.1% Sales workers, 5.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 4.8% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Callala Beach work in are 15.4% Retail trade, 15.4% Education and training, 13.5% Construction, 13.0% Health care and social assistance, 10.6% Public administration and safety, 7.7% Manufacturing, 4.8% Transport, postal and warehousing, 3.4% Inadequately described/Not stated, 2.9% Financial and insurance services.

52.3% of homes are fully owned, and 15.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 28.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $405 per week and the median household income is $724 per week.

The median rent in Callala Beach is $250 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1083 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Callala Beach postcode 2540