Kurrajong Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Kurrajong (2758) is a suburb of Sydney, Blue Mountains, New South Wales. It is about 62 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Kurrajong is in the federal electorate of Macquarie.

In the 2011 census the population of Kurrajong was 3,123 and is comprised of approximately 50.9% females and 49.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Kurrajong is 42 years of age.

80.7% of people living in the suburb of Kurrajong were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.9% England, 1.0% Germany, 0.9% New Zealand, 0.8% Scotland, 0.6% Italy, 0.5% United States of America, 0.4% Malta, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% Netherlands, 0.3% India, 0.3% Poland, 0.2% Latvia, 0.2% Ireland.

90.5% of people living in Kurrajong speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.8% Italian, 0.7% Maltese, 0.5% German, 0.4% Polish, 0.4% Other, 0.3% Macedonian, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Cantonese.

The religious makeup of Kurrajong is 29.4% Anglican, 26.0% Catholic, 18.8% No religion, 7.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.3% Uniting Church, 2.6% Baptist, 2.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.0% Christian, nfd, 1.3% Pentecostal, 1.1% Buddhism.

58.3% of people are married, 27.8% have never married and 7.6% are divorced and 1.9% are separated. There are 110 widowed people living in Kurrajong.

61.0% of the people living in Kurrajong over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.4% are working on a part time basis. Kurrajong has an unemployment rate of 3.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Kurrajong are 20.8% Professionals, 17.5% Technicians & trades workers, 16.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.2% Managers, 8.8% Sales workers, 8.2% Community & personal service workers, 6.5% Labourers, 5.4% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Kurrajong work in are 13.7% Construction, 11.8% Education and training, 10.7% Retail trade, 10.1% Health care and social assistance, 9.0% Manufacturing, 6.7% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.3% Public administration and safety, 5.7% Wholesale trade, 4.3% Accommodation and food services.

38.8% of homes are fully owned, and 47.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 12.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $688 per week and the median household income is $1723 per week.

The median rent in Kurrajong is $300 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2400 per month.

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