Northbridge Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Northbridge (2063) is a suburb of Sydney, Lower North Shore, New South Wales. It is about 6 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Northbridge is in the federal electorate of North Sydney.

In the 2011 census the population of Northbridge was 5,932 and is comprised of approximately 51.7% females and 48.3% males.

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

69.9% of people living in the suburb of Northbridge were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.0% England, 2.1% New Zealand, 1.9% Hong Kong , 1.8% Japan, 1.7% China , 1.1% United States of America, 1.1% Malaysia, 0.8% South Africa, 0.7% Singapore, 0.6% Germany, 0.6% Papua New Guinea, 0.6% Italy, 0.5% Taiwan, 0.5% Scotland.

80.0% of people living in Northbridge speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.4% Cantonese, 2.2% Japanese, 2.2% Mandarin, 1.7% Other, 1.2% Greek, 1.0% Italian, 0.5% German, 0.4% French.

The religious makeup of Northbridge is 30.2% Catholic, 23.5% No religion, 22.1% Anglican, 5.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.1% Uniting Church, 2.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.5% Eastern Orthodox, 2.3% Buddhism, 1.4% Judaism, 1.1% Oriental Orthodox.

61.2% of people are married, 27.1% have never married and 5.4% are divorced and 1.5% are separated. There are 217 widowed people living in Northbridge.

59.5% of the people living in Northbridge over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.1% are working on a part time basis. Northbridge has an unemployment rate of 3.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Northbridge are 41.8% Professionals, 20.6% Managers, 13.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 7.2% Sales workers, 6.5% Community & personal service workers, 5.0% Technicians & trades workers, 2.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 2.0% Labourers, 1.1% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Northbridge work in are 20.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 12.7% Financial and insurance services, 10.8% Health care and social assistance, 8.3% Education and training, 7.1% Retail trade, 5.4% Accommodation and food services, 4.7% Wholesale trade, 4.6% Construction, 4.1% Information media and telecommunications.

47.3% of homes are fully owned, and 30.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 20.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $1040 per week and the median household income is $2628 per week.

The median rent in Northbridge is $577 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $3250 per month.

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