Caringbah Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Caringbah (2229) is a suburb of Sydney, Sutherland, New South Wales. It is about 21 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Caringbah is in the federal electorate of Cook.

In the 2011 census the population of Caringbah was 10,955 and is comprised of approximately 52.6% females and 47.4% males.

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

75.3% of people living in the suburb of Caringbah were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.8% England, 2.8% New Zealand, 1.0% China , 0.7% Philippines, 0.7% India, 0.6% South Africa, 0.5% Scotland, 0.4% Italy, 0.4% Greece, 0.4% United States of America, 0.4% Egypt, 0.3% Russian Federation, 0.3% Germany, 0.3% Ireland.

82.9% of people living in Caringbah speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.5% Greek, 1.4% Other, 1.2% Cantonese, 1.1% Mandarin, 0.8% Spanish, 0.7% Russian, 0.7% Italian, 0.6% Arabic.

The religious makeup of Caringbah is 30.2% Catholic, 25.3% Anglican, 17.2% No religion, 7.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.7% Uniting Church, 3.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.0% Eastern Orthodox, 1.6% Baptist, 1.6% Christian, nfd, 1.3% Buddhism.

42.2% of people are married, 35.1% have never married and 11.8% are divorced and 3.1% are separated. There are 699 widowed people living in Caringbah.

64.4% of the people living in Caringbah over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 26.3% are working on a part time basis. Caringbah has an unemployment rate of 4.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Caringbah are 21.2% Professionals, 17.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.9% Technicians & trades workers, 12.3% Managers, 11.0% Community & personal service workers, 9.8% Sales workers, 6.4% Labourers, 5.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Caringbah work in are 10.9% Health care and social assistance, 10.0% Retail trade, 9.0% Public administration and safety, 8.9% Construction, 8.1% Manufacturing, 7.8% Transport, postal and warehousing, 7.5% Education and training, 7.5% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.2% Accommodation and food services.

30.0% of homes are fully owned, and 32.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 35.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $728 per week and the median household income is $1317 per week.

The median rent in Caringbah is $350 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2253 per month.

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