Bow Bowing Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Bow Bowing (2566) is a suburb of Sydney, Liverpool/Fairfield, New South Wales. It is about 38 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Bow Bowing is in the federal electorate of Werriwa.

In the 2011 census the population of Bow Bowing was 1,583 and is comprised of approximately 51.4% females and 48.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Bow Bowing is 33 years of age.

63.9% of people living in the suburb of Bow Bowing were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.1% Philippines, 3.9% Fiji, 2.8% India, 2.8% New Zealand, 2.1% England, 1.8% Chile, 1.3% Samoa, 1.0% Laos, 0.7% Mauritius, 0.6% Sri Lanka, 0.6% Cambodia, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% Poland, 0.5% South Africa.

62.5% of people living in Bow Bowing speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.5% Hindi, 4.6% Other, 4.0% Tagalog, 3.2% Spanish, 2.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.3% Samoan, 2.1% Arabic, 1.6% Filipino , 1.0% Serbian.

The religious makeup of Bow Bowing is 35.2% Catholic, 16.7% Anglican, 9.6% No religion, 7.5% Hinduism, 4.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.9% Islam, 2.9% Baptist, 2.9% Buddhism, 2.7% Uniting Church, 2.7% Christian, nfd.

52.4% of people are married, 33.0% have never married and 7.2% are divorced and 4.2% are separated. There are 38 widowed people living in Bow Bowing.

66.2% of the people living in Bow Bowing over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 22.4% are working on a part time basis. Bow Bowing has an unemployment rate of 6.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Bow Bowing are 20.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.8% Technicians & trades workers, 13.4% Professionals, 13.0% Labourers, 10.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 9.4% Managers, 9.3% Community & personal service workers, 7.7% Sales workers, 2.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Bow Bowing work in are 16.6% Manufacturing, 10.3% Retail trade, 10.1% Health care and social assistance, 9.2% Transport, postal and warehousing, 7.5% Construction, 7.3% Public administration and safety, 6.2% Accommodation and food services, 5.5% Wholesale trade, 5.3% Financial and insurance services.

22.3% of homes are fully owned, and 58.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 17.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $668 per week and the median household income is $1549 per week.

The median rent in Bow Bowing is $340 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2100 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Bow Bowing postcode 2566