Canley Heights Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Canley Heights (2166) is a suburb of Sydney, Liverpool/Fairfield, New South Wales. It is about 26 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Canley Heights is in the federal electorate of Fowler.

In the 2011 census the population of Canley Heights was 10,455 and is comprised of approximately 50.8% females and 49.2% males.

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

40.3% of people living in the suburb of Canley Heights were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 26.6% Vietnam, 7.4% Cambodia, 2.2% China , 2.0% New Zealand, 1.8% Iraq, 1.2% Laos, 1.0% Thailand, 1.0% Italy, 0.7% Croatia, 0.7% Chile, 0.6% Philippines, 0.6% Samoa, 0.6% England, 0.5% Serbia.

36.2% of people living in Canley Heights speak Vietnamese. The other top languages spoken are 20.6% English only, 7.4% Cantonese, 6.4% Khmer, 3.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.6% Other, 3.1% Mandarin, 3.0% Other, 2.3% Arabic, 2.3% Spanish.

The religious makeup of Canley Heights is 42.8% Buddhism, 22.0% Catholic, 8.7% No religion, 5.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.7% Anglican, 4.4% Eastern Orthodox, 1.8% Islam, 1.8% Baptist, 1.5% Christian, nfd, 0.9% Uniting Church.

47.7% of people are married, 34.2% have never married and 8.6% are divorced and 3.7% are separated. There are 474 widowed people living in Canley Heights.

58.7% of the people living in Canley Heights over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 23.7% are working on a part time basis. Canley Heights has an unemployment rate of 11.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Canley Heights are 19.3% Labourers, 14.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 13.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.9% Technicians & trades workers, 11.9% Professionals, 9.2% Community & personal service workers, 8.7% Sales workers, 6.4% Managers, 4.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Canley Heights work in are 23.6% Manufacturing, 11.2% Retail trade, 7.8% Health care and social assistance, 6.9% Accommodation and food services, 6.8% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.4% Construction, 5.7% Inadequately described/Not stated, 5.3% Wholesale trade, 4.7% Other services.

32.1% of homes are fully owned, and 33.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 30.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $342 per week and the median household income is $1018 per week.

The median rent in Canley Heights is $270 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Canley Heights postcode 2166

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