Voyager Point Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Voyager Point (2172) is a suburb of Sydney, Canterbury/Bankstown, New South Wales. It is about 24 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Voyager Point is in the federal electorate of Hughes.

In the 2011 census the population of Voyager Point was 1,369 and is comprised of approximately 49.5% females and 50.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Voyager Point is 33 years of age.

65.8% of people living in the suburb of Voyager Point were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.8% India, 2.5% England, 1.9% Philippines, 1.6% Vietnam, 1.6% Egypt, 1.3% Fiji, 1.3% Sri Lanka, 1.2% Pakistan, 1.1% China , 0.9% Lebanon, 0.9% Greece, 0.9% Mauritius, 0.8% New Zealand, 0.8% Bangladesh.

63.4% of people living in Voyager Point speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.9% Hindi, 3.7% Arabic, 2.8% Other, 2.6% Tamil, 2.2% Macedonian, 2.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.0% Greek, 1.7% Urdu, 1.6% Cantonese.

The religious makeup of Voyager Point is 31.3% Catholic, 17.3% Anglican, 9.9% No religion, 7.4% Eastern Orthodox, 7.2% Hinduism, 3.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.8% Islam, 3.4% Oriental Orthodox, 2.6% Buddhism, 2.0% Presbyterian and Reformed.

65.3% of people are married, 29.2% have never married and 3.6% are divorced and 1.0% are separated. There are 10 widowed people living in Voyager Point.

69.1% of the people living in Voyager Point over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 20.3% are working on a part time basis. Voyager Point has an unemployment rate of 5.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Voyager Point are 29.6% Professionals, 20.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.9% Managers, 12.9% Technicians & trades workers, 8.3% Sales workers, 7.8% Community & personal service workers, 3.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 3.4% Labourers, 0.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Voyager Point work in are 10.6% Financial and insurance services, 10.0% Education and training, 9.6% Public administration and safety, 9.3% Manufacturing, 9.2% Health care and social assistance, 8.6% Professional, scientific and technical services, 8.2% Retail trade, 6.9% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.3% Construction.

28.9% of homes are fully owned, and 57.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 11.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $853 per week and the median household income is $2551 per week.

The median rent in Voyager Point is $470 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2550 per month.

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