Farmborough Heights Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Farmborough Heights (2526) is a suburb of South Coast, Wollongong & Illawarra, New South Wales. It is about 74 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Farmborough Heights is in the federal electorates of Cunningham, Throsby.

In the 2011 census the population of Farmborough Heights was 4,181 and is comprised of approximately 50.9% females and 49.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Farmborough Heights is 37 years of age.

78.4% of people living in the suburb of Farmborough Heights were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.3% England, 1.2% Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , 1.1% Italy, 0.7% New Zealand, 0.6% Scotland, 0.5% Portugal, 0.5% Chile, 0.5% Germany, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% Serbia, 0.4% South Eastern Europe, nfd, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% Croatia, 0.3% United States of America.

83.3% of people living in Farmborough Heights speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.3% Macedonian, 2.2% Italian, 1.3% Spanish, 1.0% Greek, 0.9% Serbian, 0.9% Portuguese, 0.8% Other, 0.7% Croatian.

The religious makeup of Farmborough Heights is 31.4% Catholic, 21.2% Anglican, 16.6% No religion, 6.6% Eastern Orthodox, 5.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.4% Uniting Church, 3.1% Christian, nfd, 2.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.0% Pentecostal, 1.1% Islam.

58.2% of people are married, 28.8% have never married and 6.6% are divorced and 1.8% are separated. There are 149 widowed people living in Farmborough Heights.

57.7% of the people living in Farmborough Heights over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.0% are working on a part time basis. Farmborough Heights has an unemployment rate of 4.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Farmborough Heights are 21.8% Professionals, 16.5% Technicians & trades workers, 15.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 10.3% Community & personal service workers, 9.9% Managers, 9.7% Sales workers, 7.4% Labourers, 7.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Farmborough Heights work in are 12.4% Manufacturing, 11.9% Health care and social assistance, 11.0% Education and training, 9.5% Retail trade, 8.0% Public administration and safety, 7.3% Construction, 6.4% Accommodation and food services, 5.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.2% Other services.

39.2% of homes are fully owned, and 46.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 12.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $602 per week and the median household income is $1583 per week.

The median rent in Farmborough Heights is $300 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1863 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Farmborough Heights postcode 2526