Mount Warrigal Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Mount Warrigal (2528) is a suburb of South Coast, Wollongong & Illawarra, New South Wales. It is about 83 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Mount Warrigal is in the federal electorate of Throsby.

In the 2011 census the population of Mount Warrigal was 4,543 and is comprised of approximately 51.3% females and 48.7% males.

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

74.5% of people living in the suburb of Mount Warrigal were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.2% England, 1.5% Germany, 1.3% Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , 1.3% New Zealand, 1.2% Italy, 1.2% Spain, 1.0% Malta, 1.0% Scotland, 0.7% Turkey, 0.7% Portugal, 0.6% Netherlands, 0.6% Chile, 0.6% Croatia, 0.5% Austria.

83.4% of people living in Mount Warrigal speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.5% Macedonian, 1.9% Spanish, 1.5% Turkish, 1.2% Greek, 1.1% Italian, 0.9% Maltese, 0.7% German, 0.6% Other.

The religious makeup of Mount Warrigal is 32.1% Catholic, 22.8% Anglican, 17.7% No religion, 5.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.5% Eastern Orthodox, 4.1% Uniting Church, 2.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.9% Islam, 1.6% Christian, nfd, 1.4% Lutheran.

52.7% of people are married, 30.6% have never married and 7.2% are divorced and 3.1% are separated. There are 239 widowed people living in Mount Warrigal.

54.8% of the people living in Mount Warrigal 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. Mount Warrigal has an unemployment rate of 7.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Mount Warrigal are 19.8% Technicians & trades workers, 13.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.6% Labourers, 12.5% Community & personal service workers, 11.7% Professionals, 11.1% Sales workers, 10.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 7.2% Managers, 1.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Mount Warrigal work in are 13.6% Health care and social assistance, 12.7% Manufacturing, 12.0% Retail trade, 8.9% Construction, 7.8% Accommodation and food services, 6.3% Public administration and safety, 6.1% Education and training, 6.0% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.5% Other services.

43.0% of homes are fully owned, and 31.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 22.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $405 per week and the median household income is $1019 per week.

The median rent in Mount Warrigal is $250 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1863 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Mount Warrigal postcode 2528