Wombarra Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Wombarra (2515) is a suburb of South Coast, Wollongong & Illawarra, New South Wales. It is about 51 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Wombarra is in the federal electorate of Cunningham.

In the 2011 census the population of Wombarra was 864 and is comprised of approximately 52.1% females and 47.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Wombarra is 43 years of age.

79.7% of people living in the suburb of Wombarra were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.0% England, 2.2% Germany, 1.2% New Zealand, 0.9% United States of America, 0.9% Costa Rica, 0.8% Italy, 0.7% Scotland, 0.6% Chile, 0.5% Inadequately described, 0.5% France, 0.5% Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , 0.3% India, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Ireland.

90.5% of people living in Wombarra speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.6% German, 1.2% French, 1.2% Italian, 0.9% Spanish, 0.5% Greek, 0.3% Macedonian, 0.3% Tagalog, 0.3% Polish.

The religious makeup of Wombarra is 36.8% No religion, 19.8% Catholic, 18.4% Anglican, 6.6% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.2% Uniting Church, 2.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.0% Other religious affiliation , 2.0% Baptist, 1.6% Pentecostal, 1.6% Christian, nfd.

51.8% of people are married, 34.9% have never married and 7.6% are divorced and 2.5% are separated. There are 22 widowed people living in Wombarra.

55.3% of the people living in Wombarra over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.5% are working on a part time basis. Wombarra has an unemployment rate of 3.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Wombarra are 37.7% Professionals, 14.9% Managers, 12.5% Technicians & trades workers, 10.1% Community & personal service workers, 8.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 6.7% Sales workers, 5.8% Labourers, 2.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Wombarra work in are 15.9% Health care and social assistance, 13.1% Education and training, 10.1% Professional, scientific and technical services, 9.2% Retail trade, 9.0% Public administration and safety, 7.7% Construction, 4.3% Inadequately described/Not stated, 3.9% Manufacturing, 3.9% Administrative and support services.

35.2% of homes are fully owned, and 40.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 21.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $756 per week and the median household income is $1780 per week.

The median rent in Wombarra is $370 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2200 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Wombarra postcode 2515