Bass Hill Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Bass Hill (2197) is a suburb of Sydney, Canterbury/Bankstown, New South Wales. It is about 20 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Bass Hill is in the federal electorate of Blaxland.

In the 2011 census the population of Bass Hill was 8,175 and is comprised of approximately 50.2% females and 49.8% males.

The median/average age of the population of Bass Hill is 36 years of age.

60.2% of people living in the suburb of Bass Hill were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.4% Lebanon, 6.2% Vietnam, 1.9% Italy, 1.1% Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , 1.1% China , 1.0% New Zealand, 1.0% Greece, 0.9% England, 0.8% Iraq, 0.7% Fiji, 0.7% Syria, 0.6% Philippines, 0.6% Egypt, 0.5% Turkey.

42.5% of people living in Bass Hill speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 23.0% Arabic, 8.3% Vietnamese, 4.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.2% Greek, 2.8% Other, 2.7% Italian, 2.2% Cantonese, 1.9% Macedonian, 0.9% Assyrian.

The religious makeup of Bass Hill is 30.9% Catholic, 20.1% Islam, 9.8% Anglican, 9.4% Eastern Orthodox, 7.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.0% Buddhism, 5.8% No religion, 1.5% Uniting Church, 1.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.3% Oriental Orthodox.

50.8% of people are married, 31.0% have never married and 7.5% are divorced and 3.8% are separated. There are 448 widowed people living in Bass Hill.

57.7% of the people living in Bass Hill over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 27.2% are working on a part time basis. Bass Hill has an unemployment rate of 7.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Bass Hill are 17.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 17.0% Technicians & trades workers, 15.8% Professionals, 9.7% Sales workers, 9.6% Managers, 9.6% Labourers, 9.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.0% Community & personal service workers, 3.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Bass Hill work in are 11.7% Manufacturing, 11.0% Retail trade, 10.1% Construction, 9.3% Health care and social assistance, 8.6% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.4% Education and training, 6.0% Wholesale trade, 5.8% Accommodation and food services, 5.0% Professional, scientific and technical services.

34.3% of homes are fully owned, and 33.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 28.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $395 per week and the median household income is $1051 per week.

The median rent in Bass Hill is $250 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2004 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Bass Hill postcode 2197