Grasmere Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Grasmere (2570) is a suburb of Sydney, Macarthur/Camden, New South Wales. It is about 54 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Grasmere is in the federal electorate of Macarthur.

In the 2011 census the population of Grasmere was 1,712 and is comprised of approximately 55.0% females and 45.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Grasmere is 54 years of age.

80.3% of people living in the suburb of Grasmere were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 8.2% England, 1.0% New Zealand, 0.9% Italy, 0.6% United States of America, 0.6% Scotland, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.5% Germany, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% China , 0.4% Poland, 0.3% Croatia, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% Sri Lanka, 0.3% Malta.

92.6% of people living in Grasmere speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.1% Italian, 0.5% Polish, 0.4% Other, 0.4% Serbian, 0.4% Croatian, 0.4% German, 0.4% Mandarin, 0.3% French.

The religious makeup of Grasmere is 36.1% Anglican, 35.3% Catholic, 6.1% No religion, 5.4% Uniting Church, 4.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.3% Baptist, 1.1% Eastern Orthodox, 1.1% Christian, nfd, 0.9% Jehovah's Witnesses.

51.7% of people are married, 20.1% have never married and 4.5% are divorced and 0.9% are separated. There are 342 widowed people living in Grasmere.

57.7% of the people living in Grasmere over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.2% are working on a part time basis. Grasmere has an unemployment rate of 2.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Grasmere are 21.5% Professionals, 16.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 16.3% Managers, 15.4% Technicians & trades workers, 9.7% Sales workers, 8.3% Community & personal service workers, 5.8% Labourers, 5.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 0.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Grasmere work in are 11.7% Construction, 11.5% Manufacturing, 10.9% Education and training, 10.4% Health care and social assistance, 10.3% Retail trade, 7.2% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.7% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.7% Accommodation and food services, 4.9% Public administration and safety.

42.5% of homes are fully owned, and 31.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 8.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $426 per week and the median household income is $1025 per week.

The median rent in Grasmere is $148 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2219 per month.

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