Cobbitty Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Cobbitty (2570) is a suburb of Sydney, Macarthur/Camden, New South Wales. It is about 50 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Cobbitty is in the federal electorate of Macarthur.

In the 2011 census the population of Cobbitty was 1,060 and is comprised of approximately 49.1% females and 50.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Cobbitty is 39 years of age.

80.7% of people living in the suburb of Cobbitty were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.4% England, 1.9% Netherlands, 1.3% Malta, 1.2% China , 1.0% Italy, 0.8% Croatia, 0.8% Cuba, 0.7% Serbia, 0.6% New Zealand, 0.5% Uruguay, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% Finland, 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% United States of America.

86.4% of people living in Cobbitty speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.9% Italian, 1.5% Maltese, 1.0% Serbian, 0.8% Mandarin, 0.7% Other, 0.6% Tagalog, 0.6% Hungarian, 0.6% Spanish.

The religious makeup of Cobbitty is 36.5% Catholic, 31.2% Anglican, 10.4% No religion, 4.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.8% Christian, nfd, 3.4% Uniting Church, 3.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.5% Eastern Orthodox, 1.2% Buddhism, 1.1% Pentecostal.

56.2% of people are married, 30.5% have never married and 5.9% are divorced and 2.2% are separated. There are 43 widowed people living in Cobbitty.

64.4% of the people living in Cobbitty over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.8% are working on a part time basis. Cobbitty has an unemployment rate of 4.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Cobbitty are 19.9% Managers, 17.9% Professionals, 16.6% Technicians & trades workers, 13.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 8.7% Labourers, 7.7% Sales workers, 7.7% Community & personal service workers, 6.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.3% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Cobbitty work in are 16.3% Construction, 10.9% Retail trade, 9.6% Education and training, 7.9% Manufacturing, 7.8% Health care and social assistance, 7.2% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 5.0% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.8% Arts and recreation services, 4.8% Transport, postal and warehousing.

39.5% of homes are fully owned, and 38.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 18.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $594 per week and the median household income is $1472 per week.

The median rent in Cobbitty is $225 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2500 per month.

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