Picnic Point Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

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

In the 2011 census the population of Picnic Point was 5,608 and is comprised of approximately 50.5% females and 49.5% males.

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

80.9% of people living in the suburb of Picnic Point were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.9% England, 1.2% Lebanon, 1.2% New Zealand, 1.1% China , 0.8% Italy, 0.8% Greece, 0.7% Vietnam, 0.6% India, 0.5% Egypt, 0.4% Ireland, 0.3% Hong Kong , 0.3% Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , 0.3% Malta, 0.3% Fiji.

80.4% of people living in Picnic Point speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.7% Greek, 3.6% Arabic, 2.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.2% Italian, 1.2% Macedonian, 1.1% Cantonese, 1.1% Vietnamese, 1.1% Mandarin, 0.7% Spanish.

The religious makeup of Picnic Point is 35.0% Catholic, 23.7% Anglican, 10.8% No religion, 8.1% Eastern Orthodox, 4.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.7% Uniting Church, 2.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.3% Islam, 2.2% Baptist, 1.6% Buddhism.

60.1% of people are married, 26.4% have never married and 5.8% are divorced and 2.1% are separated. There are 248 widowed people living in Picnic Point.

60.9% of the people living in Picnic Point over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.8% are working on a part time basis. Picnic Point has an unemployment rate of 3.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Picnic Point are 23.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 20.5% Professionals, 15.4% Managers, 15.2% Technicians & trades workers, 7.8% Community & personal service workers, 7.6% Sales workers, 4.7% Labourers, 4.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Picnic Point work in are 10.6% Education and training, 9.5% Construction, 9.3% Health care and social assistance, 8.6% Manufacturing, 8.3% Retail trade, 7.6% Professional, scientific and technical services, 7.4% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.7% Public administration and safety, 6.2% Financial and insurance services.

43.9% of homes are fully owned, and 41.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 12.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $676 per week and the median household income is $1710 per week.

The median rent in Picnic Point is $440 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2232 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Picnic Point postcode 2213