Stony Rise Demographics (TAS) Local Stats

Stony Rise (7310) is a suburb of Tasmania, North West, Tasmania. It is about 205 kms from TAS's capital city of Hobart. Stony Rise is in the federal electorate of Braddon.

In the 2011 census the population of Stony Rise was 798 and is comprised of approximately 52.1% females and 47.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Stony Rise is 36 years of age.

88.0% of people living in the suburb of Stony Rise were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.9% England, 1.0% Scotland, 0.9% Philippines, 0.8% South Africa, 0.8% Netherlands, 0.6% New Zealand, 0.6% Sri Lanka, 0.5% Germany.

94.6% of people living in Stony Rise speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.1% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.0% Other, 0.8% Sinhalese, 0.4% Filipino , 0.4% Cantonese, 0.4% French, 0.4% German.

The religious makeup of Stony Rise is 29.7% No religion, 20.2% Anglican, 15.2% Catholic, 7.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.3% Uniting Church, 4.5% Christian, nfd, 4.4% Baptist, 3.1% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.6% Brethren, 1.5% Latter-day Saints.

63.3% of people are married, 25.8% have never married and 5.5% are divorced and 2.1% are separated. There are 20 widowed people living in Stony Rise.

57.8% of the people living in Stony Rise over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 31.9% are working on a part time basis. Stony Rise has an unemployment rate of 3.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Stony Rise are 16.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 16.0% Technicians & trades workers, 12.2% Labourers, 11.9% Professionals, 11.2% Community & personal service workers, 11.2% Sales workers, 10.4% Managers, 8.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 3.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Stony Rise work in are 15.3% Retail trade, 12.3% Construction, 11.5% Manufacturing, 10.5% Health care and social assistance, 8.2% Education and training, 7.7% Accommodation and food services, 7.2% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.9% Public administration and safety, 4.9% Professional, scientific and technical services.

30.8% of homes are fully owned, and 55.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 13.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $582 per week and the median household income is $1359 per week.

The median rent in Stony Rise is $225 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1460 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Stony Rise postcode 7310