Mount Ousley Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Mount Ousley (2519) is a suburb of South Coast, Wollongong & Illawarra, New South Wales. It is about 66 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Mount Ousley is in the federal electorate of Cunningham.

In the 2011 census the population of Mount Ousley was 1,530 and is comprised of approximately 50.5% females and 49.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Mount Ousley is 41 years of age.

77.1% of people living in the suburb of Mount Ousley were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.9% England, 2.4% Italy, 1.8% China , 1.0% New Zealand, 0.7% Germany, 0.7% Greece, 0.7% United States of America, 0.7% Scotland, 0.7% Croatia, 0.6% Lebanon, 0.6% India, 0.6% Poland, 0.6% Vietnam, 0.5% Chile.

83.5% of people living in Mount Ousley speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.0% Italian, 2.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.4% Arabic, 1.2% Greek, 1.0% Mandarin, 1.0% Cantonese, 0.8% Spanish, 0.7% Other, 0.7% Vietnamese.

The religious makeup of Mount Ousley is 28.5% Catholic, 22.3% No religion, 19.1% Anglican, 7.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.2% Uniting Church, 3.3% Christian, nfd, 2.5% Eastern Orthodox, 2.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.2% Buddhism, 1.2% Brethren.

57.1% of people are married, 29.9% have never married and 5.1% are divorced and 1.8% are separated. There are 76 widowed people living in Mount Ousley.

55.8% of the people living in Mount Ousley over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 34.3% are working on a part time basis. Mount Ousley has an unemployment rate of 4.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Mount Ousley are 29.9% Professionals, 16.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.0% Managers, 10.9% Technicians & trades workers, 10.0% Community & personal service workers, 7.4% Sales workers, 6.4% Labourers, 6.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 0.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Mount Ousley work in are 16.4% Education and training, 13.6% Health care and social assistance, 10.1% Manufacturing, 8.1% Public administration and safety, 8.0% Retail trade, 7.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.9% Accommodation and food services, 5.9% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.0% Construction.

49.0% of homes are fully owned, and 35.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 13.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $569 per week and the median household income is $1530 per week.

The median rent in Mount Ousley is $330 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2000 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Mount Ousley postcode 2519