East Hills Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

East Hills (2213) is a suburb of Sydney, Canterbury/Bankstown, New South Wales. It is about 23 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. East Hills is in the federal electorate of Hughes.

In the 2011 census the population of East Hills was 3,274 and is comprised of approximately 50.9% females and 49.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of East Hills is 40 years of age.

73.4% of people living in the suburb of East Hills were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.3% England, 1.7% Lebanon, 1.6% India, 1.5% Vietnam, 1.5% China , 1.2% New Zealand, 0.9% Greece, 0.6% Philippines, 0.6% Italy, 0.5% Sri Lanka, 0.5% Ireland, 0.5% Fiji, 0.5% Indonesia, 0.4% South Africa.

73.7% of people living in East Hills speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.0% Arabic, 3.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.5% Greek, 2.1% Vietnamese, 1.6% Cantonese, 1.2% Mandarin, 1.1% Other, 0.8% Macedonian, 0.8% Italian.

The religious makeup of East Hills is 30.5% Catholic, 23.9% Anglican, 11.2% No religion, 6.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.2% Eastern Orthodox, 4.6% Islam, 3.1% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.1% Uniting Church, 2.5% Buddhism, 2.1% Hinduism.

50.3% of people are married, 29.9% have never married and 8.8% are divorced and 3.4% are separated. There are 205 widowed people living in East Hills.

62.4% of the people living in East Hills over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 27.0% are working on a part time basis. East Hills has an unemployment rate of 5.0%.

The main occupations of people living in East Hills are 21.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 17.3% Professionals, 15.7% Technicians & trades workers, 12.4% Managers, 9.0% Community & personal service workers, 8.4% Sales workers, 7.3% Labourers, 6.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from East Hills work in are 10.3% Manufacturing, 9.6% Health care and social assistance, 8.9% Retail trade, 8.2% Transport, postal and warehousing, 7.9% Construction, 7.1% Public administration and safety, 7.1% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.8% Accommodation and food services, 6.7% Education and training.

34.2% of homes are fully owned, and 34.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 28.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $576 per week and the median household income is $1319 per week.

The median rent in East Hills is $280 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2300 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for East Hills postcode 2213