Glenbrook Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Glenbrook (2773) is a suburb of Sydney, Blue Mountains, New South Wales. It is about 55 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Glenbrook is in the federal electorate of Macquarie.

In the 2011 census the population of Glenbrook was 4,945 and is comprised of approximately 50.8% females and 49.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Glenbrook is 39 years of age.

84.4% of people living in the suburb of Glenbrook were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.2% England, 1.1% New Zealand, 0.9% Scotland, 0.6% United States of America, 0.4% Germany, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% Czech Republic, 0.2% Canada, 0.2% Poland, 0.2% Malaysia, 0.2% India, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Denmark.

94.5% of people living in Glenbrook speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.9% Other, 0.5% Russian, 0.4% Italian, 0.3% German, 0.3% Mandarin, 0.3% Greek, 0.2% Dutch, 0.2% French.

The religious makeup of Glenbrook is 26.4% Catholic, 23.5% No religion, 22.5% Anglican, 5.5% Uniting Church, 5.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.0% Christian, nfd, 3.9% Baptist, 2.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.4% Pentecostal, 1.1% Eastern Orthodox.

57.7% of people are married, 29.0% have never married and 6.2% are divorced and 2.3% are separated. There are 187 widowed people living in Glenbrook.

59.2% of the people living in Glenbrook over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.8% are working on a part time basis. Glenbrook has an unemployment rate of 3.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Glenbrook are 33.3% Professionals, 14.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.8% Managers, 11.9% Technicians & trades workers, 10.0% Community & personal service workers, 6.9% Sales workers, 4.2% Labourers, 3.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Glenbrook work in are 17.6% Education and training, 12.8% Health care and social assistance, 9.0% Public administration and safety, 8.0% Construction, 7.8% Professional, scientific and technical services, 7.6% Retail trade, 6.8% Manufacturing, 5.0% Accommodation and food services, 4.1% Financial and insurance services.

41.8% of homes are fully owned, and 41.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 14.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $735 per week and the median household income is $1916 per week.

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

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