Castle Cove Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Castle Cove (2069) is a suburb of Sydney, Upper North Shore, New South Wales. It is about 9 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Castle Cove is in the federal electorate of North Sydney.

In the 2011 census the population of Castle Cove was 2,523 and is comprised of approximately 50.5% females and 49.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Castle Cove is 44 years of age.

59.4% of people living in the suburb of Castle Cove were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.4% China , 4.6% England, 3.7% Hong Kong , 1.9% South Africa, 1.2% Italy, 1.2% Papua New Guinea, 1.2% New Zealand, 1.1% Malaysia, 1.0% Iran, 1.0% Korea, Republic of , 1.0% Japan, 0.9% United States of America, 0.9% India, 0.8% Indonesia.

67.9% of people living in Castle Cove speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 9.2% Cantonese, 4.2% Other, 3.5% Mandarin, 3.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.7% Japanese, 1.2% Italian, 1.2% Persian, 1.0% Greek, 1.0% Korean.

The religious makeup of Castle Cove is 27.8% Catholic, 22.8% No religion, 19.6% Anglican, 5.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.1% Judaism, 3.7% Uniting Church, 2.8% Oriental Orthodox, 2.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.4% Eastern Orthodox, 2.0% Buddhism.

62.8% of people are married, 24.0% have never married and 5.2% are divorced and 1.2% are separated. There are 137 widowed people living in Castle Cove.

57.6% of the people living in Castle Cove over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.6% are working on a part time basis. Castle Cove has an unemployment rate of 3.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Castle Cove are 38.1% Professionals, 23.3% Managers, 13.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 6.9% Sales workers, 6.0% Technicians & trades workers, 6.0% Community & personal service workers, 3.2% Labourers, 2.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 0.8% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Castle Cove work in are 20.4% Professional, scientific and technical services, 9.6% Health care and social assistance, 9.2% Financial and insurance services, 7.7% Retail trade, 7.5% Education and training, 6.8% Wholesale trade, 5.6% Accommodation and food services, 4.9% Manufacturing, 4.5% Construction.

55.7% of homes are fully owned, and 30.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 11.6% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $875 per week and the median household income is $2586 per week.

The median rent in Castle Cove is $730 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $3500 per month.

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