Barrack Heights Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Barrack Heights (2528) is a suburb of South Coast, Wollongong & Illawarra, New South Wales. It is about 84 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Barrack Heights is in the federal electorate of Gilmore.

In the 2011 census the population of Barrack Heights was 6,016 and is comprised of approximately 51.0% females and 49.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Barrack Heights is 38 years of age.

71.5% of people living in the suburb of Barrack Heights were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.8% England, 3.5% Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , 1.1% Italy, 1.0% Croatia, 1.0% Scotland, 0.9% Germany, 0.6% New Zealand, 0.6% Portugal, 0.6% South Eastern Europe, nfd, 0.5% Wales, 0.5% Malta, 0.4% Spain, 0.4% Turkey, 0.4% Greece.

79.0% of people living in Barrack Heights speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.4% Macedonian, 5.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.5% Italian, 1.2% Spanish, 1.1% Croatian, 1.1% Serbian, 1.0% Greek, 0.8% Turkish, 0.7% Other.

The religious makeup of Barrack Heights is 29.8% Catholic, 24.0% Anglican, 15.5% No religion, 8.4% Eastern Orthodox, 8.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.2% Uniting Church, 2.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.8% Christian, nfd, 1.4% Islam, 1.1% Baptist.

48.2% of people are married, 33.5% have never married and 9.0% are divorced and 3.6% are separated. There are 281 widowed people living in Barrack Heights.

54.7% of the people living in Barrack Heights over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.4% are working on a part time basis. Barrack Heights has an unemployment rate of 7.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Barrack Heights are 18.8% Technicians & trades workers, 13.2% Sales workers, 13.0% Community & personal service workers, 12.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.1% Labourers, 11.6% Professionals, 10.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 6.4% Managers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Barrack Heights work in are 14.6% Retail trade, 13.8% Health care and social assistance, 12.1% Manufacturing, 10.6% Construction, 6.2% Education and training, 5.9% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.7% Accommodation and food services, 5.6% Public administration and safety, 4.0% Administrative and support services.

37.1% of homes are fully owned, and 29.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 30.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $408 per week and the median household income is $943 per week.

The median rent in Barrack Heights is $230 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Barrack Heights postcode 2528