Austinmer Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Austinmer (2515) is a suburb of South Coast, Wollongong & Illawarra, New South Wales. It is about 55 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Austinmer is in the federal electorate of Cunningham.

In the 2011 census the population of Austinmer was 2,452 and is comprised of approximately 51.5% females and 48.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Austinmer is 40 years of age.

79.8% of people living in the suburb of Austinmer were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.7% England, 1.1% Scotland, 1.1% New Zealand, 0.8% South Africa, 0.7% United States of America, 0.6% Germany, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.5% Ireland, 0.4% Canada, 0.3% Guatemala, 0.2% Singapore, 0.2% Latvia, 0.2% Italy, 0.2% Wales.

90.6% of people living in Austinmer speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.1% Other, 0.8% German, 0.3% Spanish, 0.3% French, 0.2% Dutch, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% Croatian, 0.2% Korean.

The religious makeup of Austinmer is 33.6% No religion, 24.4% Catholic, 19.6% Anglican, 7.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.3% Uniting Church, 2.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.8% Christian, nfd, 1.6% Other religious affiliation , 1.3% Buddhism, 0.9% Pentecostal.

52.5% of people are married, 31.3% have never married and 9.0% are divorced and 2.9% are separated. There are 83 widowed people living in Austinmer.

54.1% of the people living in Austinmer over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 34.6% are working on a part time basis. Austinmer has an unemployment rate of 4.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Austinmer are 39.8% Professionals, 14.3% Managers, 12.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.3% Technicians & trades workers, 9.2% Community & personal service workers, 5.6% Sales workers, 4.3% Labourers, 2.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 0.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Austinmer work in are 18.8% Education and training, 16.4% Health care and social assistance, 8.9% Professional, scientific and technical services, 7.5% Retail trade, 7.2% Public administration and safety, 5.8% Construction, 5.1% Manufacturing, 5.1% Accommodation and food services, 4.0% Transport, postal and warehousing.

39.7% of homes are fully owned, and 36.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 22.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $756 per week and the median household income is $1786 per week.

The median rent in Austinmer is $400 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2167 per month.

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