Katunga Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Katunga (3640) is a suburb of Northern Victoria, Shepparton & Central North, Victoria. It is about 206 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Katunga is in the federal electorate of Murray.

In the 2011 census the population of Katunga was 1,137 and is comprised of approximately 47.6% females and 52.4% males.

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

86.7% of people living in the suburb of Katunga were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.7% New Zealand, 1.3% England, 0.7% Italy, 0.6% India, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.4% Finland.

94.6% of people living in Katunga speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.5% Other, 0.5% Punjabi, 0.5% Filipino , 0.5% Italian, 0.3% Australian Indigenous Languages .

The religious makeup of Katunga is 27.7% Catholic, 25.4% No religion, 16.0% Anglican, 10.3% Uniting Church, 7.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.1% Christian, nfd, 1.1% Churches of Christ, 0.9% Pentecostal, 0.8% Baptist.

60.8% of people are married, 26.6% have never married and 7.0% are divorced and 2.7% are separated. There are 25 widowed people living in Katunga.

63.5% of the people living in Katunga over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 27.3% are working on a part time basis. Katunga has an unemployment rate of 4.5%.

The main occupations of people living in Katunga are 33.4% Managers, 15.9% Labourers, 10.1% Technicians & trades workers, 9.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 8.8% Professionals, 7.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 5.8% Community & personal service workers, 5.8% Sales workers, 3.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Katunga work in are 35.5% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 13.0% Manufacturing, 7.7% Health care and social assistance, 5.9% Other services, 5.5% Retail trade, 5.0% Construction, 4.6% Accommodation and food services, 3.9% Education and training, 3.2% Transport, postal and warehousing.

31.7% of homes are fully owned, and 47.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 17.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $478 per week and the median household income is $954 per week.

The median rent in Katunga is $111 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1127 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Katunga postcode 3640