Greenacre Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Greenacre (2190) is a suburb of Sydney, Canterbury/Bankstown, New South Wales. It is about 15 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Greenacre is in the federal electorate of Watson.

In the 2011 census the population of Greenacre was 23,213 and is comprised of approximately 50.5% females and 49.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Greenacre is 32 years of age.

54.4% of people living in the suburb of Greenacre were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 14.6% Lebanon, 2.2% Vietnam, 1.8% Korea, Republic of , 1.6% Italy, 1.5% China , 1.2% Greece, 1.0% Pakistan, 1.0% Syria, 0.9% Egypt, 0.9% New Zealand, 0.8% Fiji, 0.7% Bangladesh, 0.7% Indonesia, 0.7% India.

42.2% of people living in Greenacre speak Arabic. The other top languages spoken are 25.5% English only, 4.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 4.1% Greek, 3.0% Vietnamese, 2.5% Italian, 2.4% Korean, 1.9% Cantonese, 1.9% Other, 1.7% Urdu.

The religious makeup of Greenacre is 38.9% Islam, 25.6% Catholic, 8.3% Eastern Orthodox, 5.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.6% Anglican, 4.3% No religion, 2.9% Buddhism, 1.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.4% Uniting Church, 1.2% Baptist.

51.9% of people are married, 31.4% have never married and 6.4% are divorced and 4.0% are separated. There are 1093 widowed people living in Greenacre.

55.6% of the people living in Greenacre over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.4% are working on a part time basis. Greenacre has an unemployment rate of 8.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Greenacre are 16.4% Professionals, 16.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.5% Technicians & trades workers, 11.0% Managers, 10.4% Sales workers, 10.1% Labourers, 8.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.6% Community & personal service workers, 3.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Greenacre work in are 13.2% Retail trade, 10.4% Construction, 9.1% Health care and social assistance, 8.3% Manufacturing, 8.3% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.3% Accommodation and food services, 6.1% Education and training, 5.8% Wholesale trade, 5.3% Professional, scientific and technical services.

32.0% of homes are fully owned, and 34.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 29.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $362 per week and the median household income is $959 per week.

The median rent in Greenacre is $271 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2100 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Greenacre postcode 2190