Blairmount Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Blairmount (2559) is a suburb of Sydney, Macarthur/Camden, New South Wales. It is about 43 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Blairmount is in the federal electorate of Macarthur.

In the 2011 census the population of Blairmount was 482 and is comprised of approximately 42.3% females and 57.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Blairmount is 27 years of age.

62.9% of people living in the suburb of Blairmount were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.7% England, 2.9% Samoa, 2.7% Fiji, 2.7% Lebanon, 2.5% New Zealand, 1.5% South Africa, 1.2% Egypt, 1.2% Philippines, 1.2% Laos, 1.2% Germany, 1.0% Poland, 1.0% Mauritius, 0.8% Malaysia, 0.8% India.

64.7% of people living in Blairmount speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 11.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 5.6% Other, 5.2% Samoan, 4.8% Arabic, 2.9% Hindi, 2.7% Spanish, 1.7% Italian, 0.8% Filipino , 0.6% Japanese.

The religious makeup of Blairmount is 39.5% Catholic, 16.2% Anglican, 12.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.7% No religion, 5.6% Islam, 4.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.9% Christian, nfd, 2.5% Hinduism, 1.9% Oriental Orthodox, 1.7% Latter-day Saints.

46.6% of people are married, 39.4% have never married and 7.5% are divorced and 4.0% are separated. There are 9 widowed people living in Blairmount.

62.3% of the people living in Blairmount over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 21.5% are working on a part time basis. Blairmount has an unemployment rate of 9.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Blairmount are 16.8% Labourers, 15.3% Managers, 15.3% Professionals, 12.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 10.4% Sales workers, 9.9% Community & personal service workers, 7.4% Technicians & trades workers.

The main industries people from Blairmount work in are 16.2% Manufacturing, 14.7% Education and training, 13.7% Retail trade, 10.3% Health care and social assistance, 6.9% Administrative and support services, 6.9% Accommodation and food services, 6.4% Wholesale trade, 4.9% Other services, 4.9% Transport, postal and warehousing.

16.9% of homes are fully owned, and 39.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 39.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $609 per week and the median household income is $1489 per week.

The median rent in Blairmount is $320 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1984 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Blairmount postcode 2559