Pennant Hills Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Pennant Hills (2120) is a suburb of Sydney, Upper North Shore, New South Wales. It is about 19 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Pennant Hills is in the federal electorate of Berowra.

In the 2011 census the population of Pennant Hills was 7,031 and is comprised of approximately 51.0% females and 49.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Pennant Hills is 40 years of age.

62.9% of people living in the suburb of Pennant Hills were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.1% China , 3.7% England, 3.6% India, 2.9% Hong Kong , 2.6% Korea, Republic of , 1.6% Sri Lanka, 1.5% New Zealand, 1.1% Malaysia, 0.9% South Africa, 0.8% Lebanon, 0.7% Philippines, 0.7% Iran, 0.6% United States of America, 0.6% Taiwan.

69.8% of people living in Pennant Hills speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.3% Cantonese, 4.0% Mandarin, 2.9% Korean, 2.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.1% Other, 1.7% Hindi, 1.3% Arabic, 1.0% Tamil, 0.8% Sinhalese.

The religious makeup of Pennant Hills is 24.2% Catholic, 21.2% No religion, 18.3% Anglican, 6.3% Uniting Church, 5.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.8% Hinduism, 3.4% Baptist, 3.4% Buddhism, 2.5% Christian, nfd.

57.1% of people are married, 30.1% have never married and 5.6% are divorced and 2.0% are separated. There are 302 widowed people living in Pennant Hills.

59.6% of the people living in Pennant Hills over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.9% are working on a part time basis. Pennant Hills has an unemployment rate of 5.5%.

The main occupations of people living in Pennant Hills are 36.7% Professionals, 16.1% Managers, 15.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 8.7% Technicians & trades workers, 7.6% Community & personal service workers, 7.2% Sales workers, 4.8% Labourers, 2.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 1.2% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Pennant Hills work in are 13.2% Professional, scientific and technical services, 12.5% Health care and social assistance, 12.4% Education and training, 8.3% Retail trade, 7.9% Financial and insurance services, 6.1% Manufacturing, 5.5% Accommodation and food services, 5.2% Wholesale trade, 5.1% Public administration and safety.

40.4% of homes are fully owned, and 38.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 19.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $693 per week and the median household income is $1842 per week.

The median rent in Pennant Hills is $400 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2400 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Pennant Hills postcode 2120