Yagoona Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Yagoona (2199) is a suburb of Sydney, Canterbury/Bankstown, New South Wales. It is about 17 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Yagoona is in the federal electorate of Blaxland.

In the 2011 census the population of Yagoona was 16,003 and is comprised of approximately 50.3% females and 49.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Yagoona is 35 years of age.

51.8% of people living in the suburb of Yagoona were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 11.1% Vietnam, 7.9% Lebanon, 2.6% Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , 1.8% China , 1.2% New Zealand, 1.0% Iraq, 1.0% Philippines, 0.9% Italy, 0.9% Greece, 0.7% Syria, 0.6% Fiji, 0.6% England, 0.6% Egypt, 0.5% India.

30.3% of people living in Yagoona speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 25.2% Arabic, 15.1% Vietnamese, 5.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 4.5% Macedonian, 3.4% Cantonese, 2.5% Other, 2.4% Greek, 1.3% Italian, 1.2% Mandarin.

The religious makeup of Yagoona is 28.4% Catholic, 22.0% Islam, 9.7% Eastern Orthodox, 9.6% Buddhism, 7.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.9% Anglican, 6.6% No religion, 1.4% Baptist, 1.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.3% Uniting Church.

51.7% of people are married, 30.4% have never married and 7.4% are divorced and 4.0% are separated. There are 806 widowed people living in Yagoona.

58.6% of the people living in Yagoona over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.5% are working on a part time basis. Yagoona has an unemployment rate of 8.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Yagoona are 17.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.3% Technicians & trades workers, 14.6% Professionals, 12.3% Labourers, 10.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 10.1% Sales workers, 8.4% Managers, 8.3% Community & personal service workers, 3.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Yagoona work in are 13.3% Manufacturing, 12.2% Retail trade, 9.8% Health care and social assistance, 9.1% Transport, postal and warehousing, 7.9% Construction, 5.5% Accommodation and food services, 5.3% Wholesale trade, 5.3% Education and training, 5.2% Professional, scientific and technical services.

33.9% of homes are fully owned, and 32.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 29.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $386 per week and the median household income is $980 per week.

The median rent in Yagoona is $300 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1950 per month.

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