Yarrawarrah Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Yarrawarrah (2233) is a suburb of Sydney, Sutherland, New South Wales. It is about 27 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Yarrawarrah is in the federal electorate of Hughes.

In the 2011 census the population of Yarrawarrah was 2,983 and is comprised of approximately 50.6% females and 49.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Yarrawarrah is 38 years of age.

85.7% of people living in the suburb of Yarrawarrah were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.7% England, 1.2% New Zealand, 0.6% United States of America, 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% Ireland, 0.4% Lithuania, 0.3% Greece, 0.3% Netherlands, 0.2% Iraq, 0.2% Portugal, 0.2% Italy, 0.2% Canada, 0.2% Germany.

94.8% of people living in Yarrawarrah speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.8% Other, 0.6% Italian, 0.4% Greek, 0.4% German, 0.3% Dutch, 0.3% Arabic, 0.1% Other, 0.1% Croatian.

The religious makeup of Yarrawarrah is 34.4% Catholic, 29.6% Anglican, 16.4% No religion, 4.4% Uniting Church, 3.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 2.8% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.2% Baptist, 1.2% Christian, nfd, 1.0% Pentecostal, 1.0% Eastern Orthodox.

61.6% of people are married, 29.7% have never married and 4.2% are divorced and 1.0% are separated. There are 83 widowed people living in Yarrawarrah.

60.1% of the people living in Yarrawarrah over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.8% are working on a part time basis. Yarrawarrah has an unemployment rate of 2.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Yarrawarrah are 22.4% Professionals, 20.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.7% Technicians & trades workers, 13.6% Managers, 9.9% Community & personal service workers, 9.1% Sales workers, 5.1% Labourers, 3.4% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Yarrawarrah work in are 11.3% Health care and social assistance, 10.3% Education and training, 8.7% Retail trade, 8.6% Professional, scientific and technical services, 8.0% Construction, 7.8% Manufacturing, 7.4% Public administration and safety, 7.2% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.5% Financial and insurance services.

44.5% of homes are fully owned, and 47.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 6.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $742 per week and the median household income is $2151 per week.

The median rent in Yarrawarrah is $430 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2167 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Yarrawarrah postcode 2233