Castlecrag Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Castlecrag (2068) is a suburb of Sydney, Lower North Shore, New South Wales. It is about 7 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Castlecrag is in the federal electorate of North Sydney.

In the 2011 census the population of Castlecrag was 2,957 and is comprised of approximately 50.3% females and 49.7% males.

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

66.5% of people living in the suburb of Castlecrag were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.8% England, 2.0% New Zealand, 1.7% United States of America, 1.6% China , 1.6% Hong Kong , 1.4% South Africa, 1.4% Hungary, 0.9% Japan, 0.9% Malaysia, 0.8% Italy, 0.8% Germany, 0.7% India, 0.6% Netherlands, 0.5% Scotland.

78.8% of people living in Castlecrag speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.0% Cantonese, 2.0% Other, 2.0% Mandarin, 1.5% German, 1.3% Japanese, 1.1% Hungarian, 1.1% French, 0.7% Italian.

The religious makeup of Castlecrag is 28.8% Catholic, 24.7% No religion, 21.7% Anglican, 7.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.2% Judaism, 2.6% Uniting Church, 2.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.6% Buddhism, 1.6% Eastern Orthodox, 1.1% Oriental Orthodox.

65.6% of people are married, 24.3% have never married and 4.5% are divorced and 1.4% are separated. There are 95 widowed people living in Castlecrag.

57.9% of the people living in Castlecrag over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.9% are working on a part time basis. Castlecrag has an unemployment rate of 4.0%.

The main occupations of people living in Castlecrag are 41.3% Professionals, 25.0% Managers, 11.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 6.8% Sales workers, 6.2% Community & personal service workers, 3.9% Technicians & trades workers, 2.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 2.0% Labourers, 1.4% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Castlecrag work in are 22.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 12.2% Financial and insurance services, 10.8% Health care and social assistance, 6.4% Education and training, 5.6% Information media and telecommunications, 5.3% Accommodation and food services, 5.1% Retail trade, 4.4% Wholesale trade, 3.9% Manufacturing.

50.3% of homes are fully owned, and 34.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 13.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $1102 per week and the median household income is $2793 per week.

The median rent in Castlecrag is $710 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $4467 per month.

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