Valley Heights Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Valley Heights (2777) is a suburb of Sydney, Blue Mountains, New South Wales. It is about 60 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Valley Heights is in the federal electorate of Macquarie.

In the 2011 census the population of Valley Heights was 1,383 and is comprised of approximately 49.0% females and 51.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Valley Heights is 41 years of age.

82.0% of people living in the suburb of Valley Heights were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.6% England, 0.9% New Zealand, 0.7% Scotland, 0.7% Italy, 0.7% Germany, 0.7% Netherlands, 0.5% Mauritius, 0.5% Ireland, 0.4% United States of America, 0.4% Thailand, 0.4% Canada, 0.4% Wales, 0.4% Vietnam, 0.4% Northern Ireland.

94.3% of people living in Valley Heights speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.2% Other, 0.4% Italian, 0.4% Japanese, 0.4% Dutch, 0.4% Spanish, 0.3% French, 0.2% Thai, 0.2% Polish.

The religious makeup of Valley Heights is 25.8% Catholic, 25.5% No religion, 20.5% Anglican, 4.8% Uniting Church, 4.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.1% Baptist, 2.3% Christian, nfd, 1.7% Pentecostal, 1.2% Buddhism.

57.1% of people are married, 29.5% have never married and 6.6% are divorced and 2.6% are separated. There are 47 widowed people living in Valley Heights.

59.7% of the people living in Valley Heights over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.3% are working on a part time basis. Valley Heights has an unemployment rate of 4.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Valley Heights are 25.5% Professionals, 16.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.4% Technicians & trades workers, 13.1% Managers, 11.4% Community & personal service workers, 7.0% Sales workers, 6.6% Labourers, 3.8% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Valley Heights work in are 12.8% Education and training, 12.4% Health care and social assistance, 11.0% Retail trade, 8.7% Professional, scientific and technical services, 8.6% Public administration and safety, 8.1% Manufacturing, 7.9% Construction, 4.1% Other services, 3.9% Accommodation and food services.

43.0% of homes are fully owned, and 44.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 11.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $660 per week and the median household income is $1680 per week.

The median rent in Valley Heights is $310 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2000 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Valley Heights postcode 2777