Cheltenham Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Cheltenham (2119) is a suburb of Sydney, Northern Suburbs, New South Wales. It is about 17 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Cheltenham is in the federal electorate of Berowra.

In the 2011 census the population of Cheltenham was 2,067 and is comprised of approximately 52.4% females and 47.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Cheltenham is 43 years of age.

70.1% of people living in the suburb of Cheltenham were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.0% Hong Kong , 3.7% England, 3.7% China , 1.7% Sri Lanka, 1.7% India, 1.5% Korea, Republic of , 1.3% Malaysia, 1.0% New Zealand, 0.9% United States of America, 0.7% Germany, 0.7% Vietnam, 0.6% Singapore, 0.6% South Africa, 0.5% Canada.

77.3% of people living in Cheltenham speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 7.1% Cantonese, 3.3% Mandarin, 1.8% Other, 1.5% Korean, 1.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.1% Tamil, 0.8% Sinhalese, 0.6% Russian, 0.6% Vietnamese.

The religious makeup of Cheltenham is 24.3% No religion, 23.9% Anglican, 16.5% Catholic, 6.8% Uniting Church, 5.6% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.9% Hinduism, 3.7% Buddhism, 2.7% Baptist, 1.5% Christian, nfd.

62.4% of people are married, 29.0% have never married and 3.9% are divorced and 0.9% are separated. There are 63 widowed people living in Cheltenham.

57.4% of the people living in Cheltenham over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 34.8% are working on a part time basis. Cheltenham has an unemployment rate of 4.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Cheltenham are 40.8% Professionals, 19.3% Managers, 13.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.5% Sales workers, 6.5% Community & personal service workers, 6.4% Technicians & trades workers, 1.7% Labourers, 1.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 0.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Cheltenham work in are 15.9% Health care and social assistance, 15.1% Professional, scientific and technical services, 13.5% Education and training, 7.6% Retail trade, 6.6% Financial and insurance services, 6.0% Construction, 5.8% Manufacturing, 5.4% Wholesale trade, 4.4% Accommodation and food services.

50.2% of homes are fully owned, and 39.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 9.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $819 per week and the median household income is $2568 per week.

The median rent in Cheltenham is $525 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2500 per month.

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