Sunshine North Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Sunshine North (3020) is a suburb of Melbourne, North West, Victoria. It is about 13 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Sunshine North is in the federal electorate of Maribyrnong.

In the 2011 census the population of Sunshine North was 10,637 and is comprised of approximately 50.5% females and 49.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Sunshine North is 37 years of age.

39.4% of people living in the suburb of Sunshine North were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 23.1% Vietnam, 5.1% Malta, 2.6% Italy, 2.1% India, 1.7% Philippines, 1.2% China , 1.0% Burma , 0.9% Poland, 0.8% Sudan, 0.8% Croatia, 0.7% New Zealand, 0.6% England, 0.6% Cyprus, 0.5% Greece.

31.8% of people living in Sunshine North speak Vietnamese. The other top languages spoken are 25.8% English only, 6.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 5.8% Maltese, 5.5% Cantonese, 4.7% Other, 3.6% Italian, 1.8% Spanish, 1.6% Arabic, 1.6% Greek.

The religious makeup of Sunshine North is 35.0% Catholic, 23.1% Buddhism, 12.8% No religion, 8.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.0% Islam, 3.3% Eastern Orthodox, 3.3% Anglican, 1.8% Baptist, 1.3% Other Religious Groups, 1.1% Pentecostal.

46.1% of people are married, 34.9% have never married and 7.8% are divorced and 3.5% are separated. There are 662 widowed people living in Sunshine North.

54.6% of the people living in Sunshine North over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 27.4% are working on a part time basis. Sunshine North has an unemployment rate of 11.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Sunshine North are 17.4% Labourers, 15.5% Technicians & trades workers, 14.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 12.2% Professionals, 11.9% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.5% Community & personal service workers, 9.0% Sales workers, 6.8% Managers, 3.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Sunshine North work in are 20.1% Manufacturing, 11.0% Retail trade, 8.4% Health care and social assistance, 8.4% Transport, postal and warehousing, 7.0% Accommodation and food services, 6.9% Construction, 5.2% Wholesale trade, 4.7% Inadequately described/Not stated, 4.3% Professional, scientific and technical services.

43.0% of homes are fully owned, and 27.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 23.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $353 per week and the median household income is $882 per week.

The median rent in Sunshine North is $255 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1426 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Sunshine North postcode 3020