Holsworthy Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Holsworthy (2173) is a suburb of Sydney, Sutherland, New South Wales. It is about 25 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Holsworthy is in the federal electorate of Hughes.

In the 2011 census the population of Holsworthy was 5,061 and is comprised of approximately 46.4% females and 53.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Holsworthy is 28 years of age.

66.3% of people living in the suburb of Holsworthy were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.6% India, 3.0% Philippines, 2.4% Indonesia, 2.0% Fiji, 1.9% Bangladesh, 1.8% New Zealand, 1.6% England, 1.5% China , 1.1% Egypt, 0.8% Malaysia, 0.6% Hong Kong , 0.5% Vietnam, 0.5% Pakistan, 0.4% South Africa.

64.5% of people living in Holsworthy speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.4% Other, 3.6% Hindi, 2.7% Bengali, 2.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.4% Arabic, 2.4% Indonesian, 2.1% Mandarin, 1.9% Other, 1.9% Tamil.

The religious makeup of Holsworthy is 27.9% Catholic, 18.0% Anglican, 16.1% No religion, 9.7% Hinduism, 5.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.6% Islam, 2.8% Uniting Church, 2.7% Buddhism, 2.3% Eastern Orthodox, 2.2% Baptist.

52.1% of people are married, 38.8% have never married and 5.4% are divorced and 2.5% are separated. There are 46 widowed people living in Holsworthy.

71.7% of the people living in Holsworthy over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 19.0% are working on a part time basis. Holsworthy has an unemployment rate of 4.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Holsworthy are 19.7% Professionals, 18.1% Community & personal service workers, 17.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.5% Technicians & trades workers, 9.4% Managers, 7.2% Sales workers, 6.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 4.9% Labourers, 1.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Holsworthy work in are 23.6% Public administration and safety, 8.4% Health care and social assistance, 8.3% Manufacturing, 7.0% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.6% Education and training, 6.5% Retail trade, 6.3% Financial and insurance services, 6.2% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.3% Construction.

13.3% of homes are fully owned, and 57.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 28.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $852 per week and the median household income is $1923 per week.

The median rent in Holsworthy is $375 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2307 per month.

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