Mosman Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Mosman (2088) is a suburb of Sydney, Lower North Shore, New South Wales. It is about 5 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Mosman is in the federal electorate of Warringah.

In the 2011 census the population of Mosman was 27,452 and is comprised of approximately 53.3% females and 46.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Mosman is 40 years of age.

60.6% of people living in the suburb of Mosman were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 9.1% England, 3.1% New Zealand, 1.8% United States of America, 1.7% South Africa, 0.9% Germany, 0.9% Scotland, 0.8% China , 0.8% Japan, 0.7% Hong Kong , 0.7% India, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% Italy, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.5% France.

80.5% of people living in Mosman speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.2% Other, 1.0% Italian, 1.0% German, 1.0% French, 0.8% Mandarin, 0.8% Cantonese, 0.8% Japanese, 0.7% Spanish.

The religious makeup of Mosman is 25.6% Catholic, 24.6% Anglican, 23.5% No religion, 10.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.6% Uniting Church, 1.9% Eastern Orthodox, 1.5% Buddhism, 1.1% Christian, nfd, 0.9% Judaism.

51.4% of people are married, 32.4% have never married and 8.6% are divorced and 2.1% are separated. There are 1250 widowed people living in Mosman.

63.9% of the people living in Mosman over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 27.4% are working on a part time basis. Mosman has an unemployment rate of 3.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Mosman are 39.8% Professionals, 22.3% Managers, 13.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 7.5% Sales workers, 7.0% Community & personal service workers, 5.0% Technicians & trades workers, 2.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 1.9% Labourers, 0.9% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Mosman work in are 20.2% Professional, scientific and technical services, 14.8% Financial and insurance services, 9.4% Health care and social assistance, 6.7% Retail trade, 6.6% Education and training, 5.1% Accommodation and food services, 4.6% Information media and telecommunications, 4.2% Wholesale trade, 4.0% Public administration and safety.

36.7% of homes are fully owned, and 26.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 34.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $1117 per week and the median household income is $2465 per week.

The median rent in Mosman is $473 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $3033 per month.

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