Punchbowl Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Punchbowl (2196) is a suburb of Sydney, Canterbury/Bankstown, New South Wales. It is about 15 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Punchbowl is in the federal electorates of Banks, Watson.

In the 2011 Census the population of Punchbowl is 18,429 and is comprised of 49.2% females and 50.8% males.

The median/average age of the Punchbowl population is 31 years of age, 6 years below the Australian average.

46% of people living in Punchbowl were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were Lebanon 14.4%, Vietnam 5.6%, China 2.5%, Greece 2.1%, Indonesia 1.7%.

19.7% of people speak English as their first language 38.6% Arabic, 7.6% Vietnamese, 5.1% Greek, 3.3% Cantonese, 2.1% Indonesian.

The religious make up of Punchbowl is 30.3% Islam, 27.8% Catholic, 9.8% Eastern Orthodox, 6.6% Buddhism, 5.2% No Religion.

51.6% of people are married, 33.3% have never married and 6.7% are divorced and 3.5% are separated. There are 685 widowed people living in Punchbowl.

53.3% of the people living in Punchbowl are employed full time, 28.3% are working on a part time basis. Punchbowl has an unemployment rate of 10.4%.

The main occupations of people from Punchbowl are Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Professionals 13.5%, Labourers 12.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.3%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Managers 8.3%.

The median individual income is $355.00 per week and the median household income is $920.00 per week.

30.9% of homes are fully owned, and 33% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 31.5% of homes are rented.

The median rent in Punchbowl is $290 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1950 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Punchbowl postcode 2196