Claymore Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Claymore (2559) is a suburb of Sydney, Macarthur/Camden, New South Wales. It is about 42 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Claymore is in the federal electorate of Werriwa.

In the 2011 census the population of Claymore was 3,308 and is comprised of approximately 55.1% females and 44.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Claymore is 20 years of age.

62.1% of people living in the suburb of Claymore were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.6% New Zealand, 5.8% Samoa, 1.3% Cook Islands, 1.1% England, 0.9% Tonga, 0.8% Sudan, 0.6% Lebanon, 0.5% Philippines, 0.4% Laos, 0.4% Thailand, 0.4% Fiji, 0.3% Romania, 0.3% Turkey, 0.3% United States of America.

62.0% of people living in Claymore speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 14.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 13.0% Samoan, 5.5% Other, 2.0% Arabic, 0.5% Spanish, 0.5% Vietnamese, 0.3% Filipino , 0.3% Greek, 0.2% Khmer.

The religious makeup of Claymore is 20.0% Catholic, 16.7% Anglican, 16.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 14.1% No religion, 5.2% Christian, nfd, 4.1% Latter-day Saints, 3.2% Uniting Church, 3.1% Pentecostal, 2.7% Islam, 2.5% Presbyterian and Reformed.

24.6% of people are married, 55.6% have never married and 10.3% are divorced and 5.8% are separated. There are 74 widowed people living in Claymore.

37.9% of the people living in Claymore over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 23.8% are working on a part time basis. Claymore has an unemployment rate of 30.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Claymore are 24.6% Labourers, 23.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 12.2% Community & personal service workers, 9.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 8.0% Sales workers, 7.3% Technicians & trades workers, 6.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 4.2% Managers, 4.0% Professionals.

The main industries people from Claymore work in are 18.8% Manufacturing, 11.9% Retail trade, 11.3% Health care and social assistance, 9.3% Inadequately described/Not stated, 8.8% Transport, postal and warehousing, 7.7% Wholesale trade, 7.1% Administrative and support services, 6.9% Accommodation and food services, 5.5% Construction.

0.5% of homes are fully owned, and 0.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 93.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $321 per week and the median household income is $588 per week.

The median rent in Claymore is $160 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $477 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Claymore postcode 2559