Werrington Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Werrington (2747) is a suburb of Sydney, Western Sydney, New South Wales. It is about 45 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Werrington is in the federal electorate of Lindsay.

In the 2011 census the population of Werrington was 3,849 and is comprised of approximately 51.2% females and 48.8% males.

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

67.5% of people living in the suburb of Werrington were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.3% England, 2.7% Philippines, 2.5% New Zealand, 2.5% India, 1.3% Nepal, 0.8% Samoa, 0.7% Iran, 0.6% Bangladesh, 0.5% Lebanon, 0.5% Indonesia, 0.5% Sri Lanka, 0.5% Fiji, 0.5% Egypt, 0.4% Scotland.

73.0% of people living in Werrington speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.5% Other, 2.3% Other, 2.0% Arabic, 1.6% Tagalog, 1.4% Samoan, 1.1% Spanish, 1.0% Serbian, 0.9% Hindi.

The religious makeup of Werrington is 29.3% Catholic, 21.3% Anglican, 16.8% No religion, 7.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.3% Hinduism, 3.0% Islam, 2.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.3% Christian, nfd, 2.1% Uniting Church, 2.0% Other Religious Groups.

39.8% of people are married, 40.2% have never married and 11.5% are divorced and 4.9% are separated. There are 107 widowed people living in Werrington.

63.3% of the people living in Werrington over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 23.7% are working on a part time basis. Werrington has an unemployment rate of 7.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Werrington are 19.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.5% Technicians & trades workers, 13.9% Professionals, 13.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 11.0% Labourers, 9.9% Community & personal service workers, 8.5% Sales workers, 7.9% Managers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Werrington work in are 12.1% Manufacturing, 11.0% Health care and social assistance, 10.4% Retail trade, 7.9% Transport, postal and warehousing, 7.5% Construction, 7.3% Public administration and safety, 6.1% Wholesale trade, 6.1% Education and training, 5.9% Accommodation and food services.

19.7% of homes are fully owned, and 35.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 41.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $565 per week and the median household income is $1078 per week.

The median rent in Werrington is $280 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1610 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Werrington postcode 2747