Camberwell Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Camberwell (3124) is a suburb of Melbourne, South East, Victoria. It is about 8 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Camberwell is in the federal electorates of Higgins, Kooyong.

In the 2011 census the population of Camberwell was 20,029 and is comprised of approximately 53.1% females and 46.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Camberwell is 41 years of age.

71.1% of people living in the suburb of Camberwell were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.9% England, 2.6% China , 2.2% New Zealand, 1.7% India, 1.6% Malaysia, 1.1% Italy, 0.9% Greece, 0.8% Sri Lanka, 0.7% South Africa, 0.7% United States of America, 0.7% Vietnam, 0.6% Hong Kong , 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% Germany.

78.8% of people living in Camberwell speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.2% Mandarin, 2.7% Greek, 2.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.0% Cantonese, 2.0% Italian, 0.9% Other, 0.8% French, 0.7% Other, 0.7% Vietnamese.

The religious makeup of Camberwell is 27.4% No religion, 25.7% Catholic, 15.0% Anglican, 7.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.6% Uniting Church, 4.4% Eastern Orthodox, 2.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.3% Buddhism, 1.8% Christian, nfd, 1.7% Hinduism.

54.0% of people are married, 32.5% have never married and 5.5% are divorced and 1.5% are separated. There are 1078 widowed people living in Camberwell.

57.6% of the people living in Camberwell over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 33.6% are working on a part time basis. Camberwell has an unemployment rate of 4.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Camberwell are 38.5% Professionals, 18.5% Managers, 14.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.0% Sales workers, 7.2% Community & personal service workers, 6.0% Technicians & trades workers, 3.1% Labourers, 2.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 1.1% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Camberwell work in are 15.9% Professional, scientific and technical services, 13.4% Health care and social assistance, 10.8% Education and training, 9.3% Retail trade, 7.4% Financial and insurance services, 6.1% Manufacturing, 5.3% Accommodation and food services, 4.9% Wholesale trade, 4.6% Construction.

45.0% of homes are fully owned, and 31.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 21.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $792 per week and the median household income is $2122 per week.

The median rent in Camberwell is $388 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2500 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Camberwell postcode 3124