Haywards Bay Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Haywards Bay (2530) is a suburb of South Coast, Wollongong & Illawarra, New South Wales. It is about 84 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Haywards Bay is in the federal electorate of Throsby.

In the 2011 census the population of Haywards Bay was 693 and is comprised of approximately 49.9% females and 50.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Haywards Bay is 34 years of age.

82.8% of people living in the suburb of Haywards Bay were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.3% England, 2.0% Italy, 1.3% Scotland, 1.3% Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , 0.9% Greece, 0.7% Portugal, 0.6% Philippines, 0.6% New Zealand, 0.6% Germany, 0.6% Wales, 0.6% South Africa.

89.0% of people living in Haywards Bay speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.9% Macedonian, 1.6% Italian, 0.9% Spanish, 0.9% Greek, 0.6% Other, 0.4% Croatian, 0.4% French, 0.4% Arabic.

The religious makeup of Haywards Bay is 37.7% Catholic, 24.9% Anglican, 14.9% No religion, 5.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.3% Eastern Orthodox, 3.0% Uniting Church, 2.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.4% Pentecostal, 1.2% Other religious affiliation , 1.0% Churches of Christ.

69.1% of people are married, 22.6% have never married and 4.2% are divorced and 2.3% are separated. There are 9 widowed people living in Haywards Bay.

63.2% of the people living in Haywards Bay over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 27.6% are working on a part time basis. Haywards Bay has an unemployment rate of 3.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Haywards Bay are 20.2% Technicians & trades workers, 16.5% Professionals, 13.9% Managers, 13.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.8% Community & personal service workers, 10.7% Sales workers, 6.4% Labourers, 5.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Haywards Bay work in are 13.9% Manufacturing, 12.5% Retail trade, 11.3% Health care and social assistance, 8.4% Education and training, 7.0% Construction, 6.1% Financial and insurance services, 5.5% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.2% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.9% Public administration and safety.

24.8% of homes are fully owned, and 63.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 10.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $711 per week and the median household income is $1807 per week.

The median rent in Haywards Bay is $460 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2817 per month.

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