Bermagui Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Bermagui (2546) is a suburb of South Coast, South Coast, New South Wales. It is about 303 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Bermagui is in the federal electorate of Eden-Monaro.

In the 2011 census the population of Bermagui was 1,671 and is comprised of approximately 49.4% females and 50.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Bermagui is 54 years of age.

80.7% of people living in the suburb of Bermagui were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.6% England, 1.3% Germany, 1.0% New Zealand, 0.9% United States of America, 0.7% Netherlands, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% Scotland, 0.4% Italy, 0.4% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Japan, 0.3% Austria, 0.3% Vietnam, 0.3% Singapore.

93.5% of people living in Bermagui speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.4% German, 0.4% Hungarian, 0.4% Greek, 0.4% Spanish, 0.4% Polish, 0.4% Japanese, 0.3% Italian, 0.2% Russian.

The religious makeup of Bermagui is 28.1% No religion, 27.2% Anglican, 17.8% Catholic, 6.9% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.0% Uniting Church, 4.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.2% Baptist, 1.9% Buddhism, 1.8% Christian, nfd, 1.5% Other religious affiliation .

50.3% of people are married, 23.4% have never married and 14.3% are divorced and 3.1% are separated. There are 124 widowed people living in Bermagui.

42.8% of the people living in Bermagui over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 40.3% are working on a part time basis. Bermagui has an unemployment rate of 8.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Bermagui are 18.4% Technicians & trades workers, 14.8% Professionals, 13.7% Managers, 13.5% Community & personal service workers, 13.3% Labourers, 10.9% Sales workers, 8.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 4.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Bermagui work in are 17.3% Accommodation and food services, 12.8% Retail trade, 12.6% Construction, 8.4% Education and training, 8.2% Health care and social assistance, 6.0% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.6% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 4.4% Manufacturing, 4.0% Transport, postal and warehousing.

49.3% of homes are fully owned, and 20.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 26.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $384 per week and the median household income is $691 per week.

The median rent in Bermagui is $200 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1300 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Bermagui postcode 2546