Mount Keira Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Mount Keira (2500) is a suburb of South Coast, Wollongong & Illawarra, New South Wales. It is about 69 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Mount Keira is in the federal electorate of Cunningham.

In the 2011 census the population of Mount Keira was 1,522 and is comprised of approximately 49.6% females and 50.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Mount Keira is 37 years of age.

79.0% of people living in the suburb of Mount Keira were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.8% England, 1.7% Italy, 1.3% Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , 1.1% New Zealand, 0.9% Scotland, 0.6% United States of America, 0.5% Germany, 0.5% China , 0.5% Thailand, 0.5% Burma , 0.5% Iran, 0.4% Kenya, 0.4% India, 0.3% Japan.

83.4% of people living in Mount Keira speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.5% Macedonian, 2.2% Italian, 2.0% Other, 1.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.2% Serbian, 1.1% Greek, 0.7% Spanish, 0.6% Persian, 0.5% German.

The religious makeup of Mount Keira is 29.5% Catholic, 22.8% No religion, 18.4% Anglican, 7.0% Eastern Orthodox, 4.2% Uniting Church, 3.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 2.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.0% Christian, nfd, 1.6% Buddhism, 1.4% Baptist.

58.7% of people are married, 29.2% have never married and 5.5% are divorced and 2.3% are separated. There are 52 widowed people living in Mount Keira.

55.0% of the people living in Mount Keira over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.3% are working on a part time basis. Mount Keira has an unemployment rate of 5.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Mount Keira are 32.0% Professionals, 13.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.5% Managers, 11.0% Technicians & trades workers, 9.8% Community & personal service workers, 8.3% Sales workers, 5.2% Labourers, 5.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Mount Keira work in are 15.6% Education and training, 13.0% Health care and social assistance, 9.4% Manufacturing, 8.6% Public administration and safety, 6.9% Retail trade, 6.9% Accommodation and food services, 5.8% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.8% Construction, 4.2% Other services.

42.2% of homes are fully owned, and 38.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 16.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $648 per week and the median household income is $1630 per week.

The median rent in Mount Keira is $275 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2167 per month.

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