Carrington Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Carrington (2324) is a suburb of Hunter Valley, Lower Hunter Valley, New South Wales. It is about 154 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Carrington is in the federal electorate of Paterson.

In the 2011 Census the population of Carrington is 1,874 and is comprised of 50.4% females and 49.6% males.

The median/average age of the Carrington population is 33 years of age, 4 years below the Australian average.

82.8% of people living in Carrington were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 0.7%, Scotland 0.5%, Philippines 0.4%, United States of America 0.4%.

89% of people speak English as their first language 0.5% German, 0.4% Tongan, 0.3% Tagalog, 0.3% French, 0.3% Swahili.

The religious make up of Carrington is 29.2% No Religion, 22% Catholic, 20.7% Anglican, 4.5% Uniting Church, 2.6% Presbyterian and Reformed.

27.9% of people are married, 50.2% have never married and 12.8% are divorced and 4.4% are separated. There are 75 widowed people living in Carrington.

59.6% of the people living in Carrington are employed full time, 26.8% are working on a part time basis. Carrington has an unemployment rate of 6.9%.

The main occupations of people from Carrington are Professionals 27.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.9%, Labourers 9.9%, Managers 8.9%, Sales Workers 8.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6%.

The median individual income is $596.00 per week and the median household income is $1059.00 per week.

22.2% of homes are fully owned, and 28% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 46.6% of homes are rented.

The median rent in Carrington is $280 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Carrington postcode 2324