Jamisontown Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Jamisontown (2750) is a suburb of Sydney, Blue Mountains, New South Wales. It is about 50 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Jamisontown is in the federal electorate of Lindsay.

In the 2011 census the population of Jamisontown was 5,242 and is comprised of approximately 51.9% females and 48.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Jamisontown is 34 years of age.

76.0% of people living in the suburb of Jamisontown were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.3% England, 1.8% New Zealand, 1.0% Scotland, 0.7% Philippines, 0.6% India, 0.6% Germany, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.4% Ireland, 0.4% China , 0.4% Malta, 0.4% Pakistan, 0.3% Greece, 0.3% Sri Lanka, 0.3% South Africa.

86.3% of people living in Jamisontown speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.9% Arabic, 0.8% Other, 0.5% Italian, 0.5% Urdu, 0.5% Spanish, 0.5% Greek, 0.4% Mandarin, 0.4% Cantonese.

The religious makeup of Jamisontown is 31.3% Catholic, 27.4% Anglican, 14.9% No religion, 7.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.8% Uniting Church, 2.1% Christian, nfd, 1.7% Islam, 1.4% Eastern Orthodox, 1.1% Baptist.

43.6% of people are married, 36.4% have never married and 9.9% are divorced and 4.2% are separated. There are 248 widowed people living in Jamisontown.

67.0% of the people living in Jamisontown over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 22.9% are working on a part time basis. Jamisontown has an unemployment rate of 4.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Jamisontown are 20.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 16.4% Technicians & trades workers, 14.3% Professionals, 10.2% Community & personal service workers, 10.2% Managers, 9.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 9.3% Sales workers, 8.3% Labourers, 1.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Jamisontown work in are 11.5% Manufacturing, 11.4% Retail trade, 9.9% Health care and social assistance, 8.9% Public administration and safety, 8.6% Construction, 7.0% Education and training, 6.3% Accommodation and food services, 6.1% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.7% Wholesale trade.

28.0% of homes are fully owned, and 37.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 32.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $657 per week and the median household income is $1228 per week.

The median rent in Jamisontown is $298 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1850 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Jamisontown postcode 2750