Cronulla Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Cronulla (2230) is a suburb of Sydney, Sutherland, New South Wales. It is about 21 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Cronulla is in the federal electorate of Cook.

In the 2011 census the population of Cronulla was 17,042 and is comprised of approximately 50.1% females and 49.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Cronulla is 37 years of age.

77.7% of people living in the suburb of Cronulla were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.7% England, 2.1% New Zealand, 0.7% South Africa, 0.6% United States of America, 0.6% Germany, 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% Italy, 0.4% Philippines, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% Canada, 0.3% Russian Federation, 0.3% Brazil, 0.3% Netherlands, 0.2% China .

86.5% of people living in Cronulla speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.1% Other, 1.0% Greek, 0.8% Italian, 0.7% Spanish, 0.5% German, 0.5% Russian, 0.4% French, 0.3% Portuguese.

The religious makeup of Cronulla is 31.4% Catholic, 23.7% Anglican, 19.5% No religion, 7.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.9% Uniting Church, 2.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.5% Eastern Orthodox, 1.9% Baptist, 1.7% Christian, nfd, 1.1% Buddhism.

38.9% of people are married, 41.5% have never married and 10.7% are divorced and 3.3% are separated. There are 832 widowed people living in Cronulla.

66.3% of the people living in Cronulla over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 24.6% are working on a part time basis. Cronulla has an unemployment rate of 3.5%.

The main occupations of people living in Cronulla are 23.7% Professionals, 16.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.2% Managers, 13.8% Technicians & trades workers, 11.8% Community & personal service workers, 9.1% Sales workers, 4.9% Labourers, 3.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Cronulla work in are 9.8% Health care and social assistance, 9.8% Construction, 8.7% Professional, scientific and technical services, 8.3% Retail trade, 8.0% Transport, postal and warehousing, 7.9% Manufacturing, 7.7% Education and training, 7.1% Public administration and safety, 6.1% Accommodation and food services.

29.5% of homes are fully owned, and 26.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 41.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $863 per week and the median household income is $1455 per week.

The median rent in Cronulla is $360 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2275 per month.

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