Glenwood Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Glenwood (2768) is a suburb of Sydney, Western Sydney, New South Wales. It is about 30 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Glenwood is in the federal electorate of Greenway.

In the 2011 census the population of Glenwood was 15,325 and is comprised of approximately 50.0% females and 50.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Glenwood is 32 years of age.

54.4% of people living in the suburb of Glenwood were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 9.5% India, 5.0% Philippines, 2.5% Sri Lanka, 2.2% Fiji, 2.0% England, 1.9% New Zealand, 1.3% South Africa, 1.1% Malaysia, 1.1% China , 1.0% Afghanistan, 0.8% Pakistan, 0.8% United States of America, 0.7% Indonesia, 0.7% Iran.

54.7% of people living in Glenwood speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.7% Punjabi, 5.4% Hindi, 3.6% Other, 3.1% Tagalog, 2.3% Arabic, 2.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.0% Sinhalese, 1.9% Mandarin, 1.8% Filipino .

The religious makeup of Glenwood is 30.3% Catholic, 11.9% Anglican, 9.3% No religion, 8.7% Hinduism, 7.2% Other Religious Groups, 5.5% Islam, 5.1% Pentecostal, 3.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.3% Buddhism, 2.4% Uniting Church.

62.1% of people are married, 28.6% have never married and 4.6% are divorced and 2.2% are separated. There are 284 widowed people living in Glenwood.

65.2% of the people living in Glenwood over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 24.3% are working on a part time basis. Glenwood has an unemployment rate of 5.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Glenwood are 25.7% Professionals, 18.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.8% Managers, 10.6% Technicians & trades workers, 9.9% Sales workers, 7.7% Community & personal service workers, 6.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 5.9% Labourers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Glenwood work in are 11.4% Health care and social assistance, 10.8% Retail trade, 9.9% Manufacturing, 8.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 7.6% Financial and insurance services, 6.9% Public administration and safety, 6.6% Wholesale trade, 6.6% Education and training, 6.2% Transport, postal and warehousing.

18.3% of homes are fully owned, and 61.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 18.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $732 per week and the median household income is $2192 per week.

The median rent in Glenwood is $490 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2550 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Glenwood postcode 2768