Peakhurst Heights Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Peakhurst Heights (2210) is a suburb of Sydney, St George, New South Wales. It is about 18 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Peakhurst Heights is in the federal electorate of Banks.

In the 2011 census the population of Peakhurst Heights was 2,322 and is comprised of approximately 50.1% females and 49.9% males.

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

79.6% of people living in the suburb of Peakhurst Heights were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.9% Greece, 1.8% China , 1.7% England, 1.2% Italy, 1.0% New Zealand, 1.0% Egypt, 0.8% Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , 0.7% Lebanon, 0.6% Malaysia, 0.5% Croatia, 0.4% United States of America, 0.4% Scotland, 0.4% Portugal, 0.3% Hungary.

76.5% of people living in Peakhurst Heights speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.8% Greek, 2.3% Macedonian, 2.3% Arabic, 2.3% Italian, 2.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.4% Mandarin, 1.2% Cantonese, 1.1% Other, 0.5% Croatian.

The religious makeup of Peakhurst Heights is 31.9% Catholic, 21.0% Anglican, 13.0% No religion, 12.0% Eastern Orthodox, 5.1% Uniting Church, 3.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.3% Baptist, 1.5% Islam, 1.0% Christian, nfd.

62.3% of people are married, 24.1% have never married and 6.2% are divorced and 1.9% are separated. There are 104 widowed people living in Peakhurst Heights.

58.6% of the people living in Peakhurst Heights over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.2% are working on a part time basis. Peakhurst Heights has an unemployment rate of 3.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Peakhurst Heights are 22.8% Professionals, 20.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.9% Managers, 12.7% Technicians & trades workers, 8.8% Community & personal service workers, 8.5% Sales workers, 6.6% Labourers, 3.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Peakhurst Heights work in are 10.1% Education and training, 9.4% Health care and social assistance, 8.7% Manufacturing, 8.0% Retail trade, 7.8% Professional, scientific and technical services, 7.6% Transport, postal and warehousing, 7.5% Construction, 6.4% Public administration and safety, 6.2% Financial and insurance services.

51.4% of homes are fully owned, and 35.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 11.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $577 per week and the median household income is $1525 per week.

The median rent in Peakhurst Heights is $291 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2383 per month.

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