Camden Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Camden (2570) is a suburb of Sydney, Macarthur/Camden, New South Wales. It is about 52 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Camden is in the federal electorate of Macarthur.

In the 2011 census the population of Camden was 3,244 and is comprised of approximately 52.4% females and 47.6% males.

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

80.6% of people living in the suburb of Camden were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.4% England, 1.1% Scotland, 0.9% New Zealand, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% Germany, 0.5% United States of America, 0.4% South Africa, 0.3% Netherlands, 0.3% Austria, 0.3% Northern Ireland, 0.2% Seychelles, 0.2% Wales, 0.2% Hong Kong , 0.2% India.

90.7% of people living in Camden speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.0% Other, 0.7% Italian, 0.4% Spanish, 0.2% German, 0.2% Indonesian, 0.2% Greek, 0.2% Thai, 0.2% Maltese.

The religious makeup of Camden is 31.5% Catholic, 30.9% Anglican, 13.8% No religion, 5.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.6% Uniting Church, 3.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.7% Christian, nfd, 1.6% Baptist, 0.9% Buddhism, 0.7% Brethren.

42.1% of people are married, 30.4% have never married and 11.1% are divorced and 4.2% are separated. There are 328 widowed people living in Camden.

65.8% of the people living in Camden over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 23.9% are working on a part time basis. Camden has an unemployment rate of 4.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Camden are 23.1% Professionals, 16.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.8% Technicians & trades workers, 10.3% Managers, 8.7% Community & personal service workers, 8.5% Sales workers, 8.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.2% Labourers, 0.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Camden work in are 13.2% Education and training, 11.2% Health care and social assistance, 10.8% Construction, 10.0% Manufacturing, 7.3% Retail trade, 6.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.2% Public administration and safety, 5.6% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.6% Wholesale trade.

30.2% of homes are fully owned, and 33.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 31.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $578 per week and the median household income is $1188 per week.

The median rent in Camden is $320 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2032 per month.

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