Glen Alpine Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Glen Alpine (2560) is a suburb of Sydney, Macarthur/Camden, New South Wales. It is about 47 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Glen Alpine is in the federal electorate of Macarthur.

In the 2011 census the population of Glen Alpine was 4,342 and is comprised of approximately 48.9% females and 51.1% males.

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

70.7% of people living in the suburb of Glen Alpine were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.8% England, 1.6% India, 1.3% Philippines, 1.1% Scotland, 1.1% New Zealand, 1.1% South Africa, 0.9% Afghanistan, 0.8% Poland, 0.7% Fiji, 0.7% Sri Lanka, 0.6% Italy, 0.6% Laos, 0.6% Malaysia, 0.5% Egypt.

76.8% of people living in Glen Alpine speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.5% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.6% Other, 1.8% Arabic, 1.2% Cantonese, 1.2% Hindi, 1.1% Italian, 1.1% Spanish, 0.9% Polish, 0.8% Serbian.

The religious makeup of Glen Alpine is 39.0% Catholic, 21.6% Anglican, 8.7% No religion, 5.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.8% Islam, 2.9% Uniting Church, 2.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.3% Eastern Orthodox, 2.2% Hinduism, 2.1% Buddhism.

59.8% of people are married, 32.3% have never married and 3.5% are divorced and 1.7% are separated. There are 95 widowed people living in Glen Alpine.

63.4% of the people living in Glen Alpine over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.1% are working on a part time basis. Glen Alpine has an unemployment rate of 3.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Glen Alpine are 19.8% Professionals, 19.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.2% Managers, 13.9% Technicians & trades workers, 10.1% Sales workers, 9.7% Community & personal service workers, 6.7% Labourers, 4.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Glen Alpine work in are 10.8% Health care and social assistance, 10.7% Manufacturing, 10.0% Retail trade, 10.0% Education and training, 8.9% Construction, 7.2% Accommodation and food services, 6.8% Public administration and safety, 6.2% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.0% Financial and insurance services.

37.0% of homes are fully owned, and 56.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 5.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $713 per week and the median household income is $2366 per week.

The median rent in Glen Alpine is $480 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2167 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Glen Alpine postcode 2560