Murrumbateman Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Murrumbateman (2582) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Central Tablelands, New South Wales. It is about 234 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney.

In the 2011 Census the population of Murrumbateman is 2,846 and is comprised of 50.4% males and 49.6% females.

The median/average age of the Murrumbateman population is 37 years of age,

80.9% of people living in Murrumbateman were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 5.3%, New Zealand 1.1%, Germany 0.7%, Scotland 0.5%, United States of America 0.5%.

90.9% of people speak English as their first language 0.6% German, 0.5% Spanish, 0.4% Italian, 0.4% Greek, 0.2% Arabic.

The religious make up of Murrumbateman is 28.4% Catholic, 28% No Religion, 19.9% Anglican, 5% Uniting Church, 2.4% Presbyterian and Reformed.

63.8% of people are married, 25.8% have never married and 6.4% are separated or divorced. There are 51 widowed people living in Murrumbateman.

66.5% of the people living in Murrumbateman are employed full time, 24.8% are working on a part time basis. Murrumbateman has an unemployment rate of 2.1%.

The main occupations of people from Murrumbateman are Professionals 26%, Managers 19.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1%, Sales Workers 5.5%, Labourers 5.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.3%.

The median individual income is $1023.00 per week and the median household income is $2442.00 per week.

27.5% of homes are fully owned, and 63.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 7.8% of homes are rented.

The median rent in Murrumbateman is $288 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2600 per month.