Little Bay Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Little Bay (2036) is a suburb of Sydney, Eastern Suburbs, New South Wales. It is about 13 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Little Bay is in the federal electorate of Kingsford Smith.

In the 2011 census the population of Little Bay was 2,937 and is comprised of approximately 51.5% females and 48.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Little Bay is 42 years of age.

61.4% of people living in the suburb of Little Bay were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.3% England, 1.8% New Zealand, 1.8% China , 1.6% Malaysia, 1.2% South Africa, 1.1% India, 1.1% Korea, Republic of , 0.9% France, 0.8% Ireland, 0.8% Scotland, 0.7% Hong Kong , 0.6% Germany, 0.6% Bangladesh, 0.6% Malta.

70.8% of people living in Little Bay speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 9.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.3% Cantonese, 2.1% Greek, 2.0% Mandarin, 1.7% Other, 1.2% French, 1.1% Spanish, 1.1% Korean, 0.8% Arabic.

The religious makeup of Little Bay is 33.9% Catholic, 19.8% Anglican, 16.6% No religion, 9.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.6% Eastern Orthodox, 3.4% Judaism, 1.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.7% Uniting Church, 1.6% Christian, nfd, 1.5% Buddhism.

50.7% of people are married, 30.2% have never married and 7.9% are divorced and 2.8% are separated. There are 201 widowed people living in Little Bay.

65.3% of the people living in Little Bay over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.1% are working on a part time basis. Little Bay has an unemployment rate of 2.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Little Bay are 26.2% Professionals, 18.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 17.8% Managers, 11.3% Technicians & trades workers, 9.3% Community & personal service workers, 7.0% Sales workers, 4.8% Labourers, 3.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Little Bay work in are 10.9% Health care and social assistance, 10.7% Public administration and safety, 10.1% Education and training, 9.9% Professional, scientific and technical services, 7.3% Construction, 7.3% Transport, postal and warehousing, 7.1% Retail trade, 5.7% Manufacturing, 5.6% Financial and insurance services.

29.0% of homes are fully owned, and 28.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 36.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $731 per week and the median household income is $1613 per week.

The median rent in Little Bay is $230 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2999 per month.

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