Hazelbrook Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Hazelbrook (2779) is a suburb of Sydney, Blue Mountains, New South Wales. It is about 70 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Hazelbrook is in the federal electorate of Macquarie.

In the 2011 census the population of Hazelbrook was 4,534 and is comprised of approximately 52.7% females and 47.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Hazelbrook is 38 years of age.

80.0% of people living in the suburb of Hazelbrook were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.8% England, 1.4% New Zealand, 0.9% Scotland, 0.9% Germany, 0.6% United States of America, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% Italy, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% Canada, 0.3% India, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Thailand, 0.2% Egypt.

91.7% of people living in Hazelbrook speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.8% German, 0.7% Other, 0.4% Spanish, 0.4% Italian, 0.4% Arabic, 0.3% Russian, 0.3% Greek, 0.3% Polish.

The religious makeup of Hazelbrook is 30.6% No religion, 20.6% Catholic, 19.6% Anglican, 7.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.0% Uniting Church, 3.2% Baptist, 2.9% Christian, nfd, 2.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.6% Buddhism, 1.4% Other religious affiliation .

50.4% of people are married, 30.7% have never married and 10.3% are divorced and 3.9% are separated. There are 162 widowed people living in Hazelbrook.

57.3% of the people living in Hazelbrook over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.4% are working on a part time basis. Hazelbrook has an unemployment rate of 4.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Hazelbrook are 28.4% Professionals, 14.4% Technicians & trades workers, 13.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.8% Community & personal service workers, 10.0% Managers, 7.5% Sales workers, 6.7% Labourers, 5.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Hazelbrook work in are 16.3% Health care and social assistance, 15.5% Education and training, 9.4% Public administration and safety, 9.2% Retail trade, 6.9% Manufacturing, 6.5% Construction, 5.5% Accommodation and food services, 5.4% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.3% Transport, postal and warehousing.

32.4% of homes are fully owned, and 48.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 17.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $588 per week and the median household income is $1247 per week.

The median rent in Hazelbrook is $280 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1780 per month.

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