Brewarrina Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Brewarrina (2839) is a suburb of Regional NSW, Far West, New South Wales. It is about 597 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Brewarrina is in the federal electorate of Parkes.

In the 2011 census the population of Brewarrina was 1,254 and is comprised of approximately 49.4% females and 50.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Brewarrina is 33 years of age.

89.1% of people living in the suburb of Brewarrina were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 0.6% Egypt, 0.6% New Zealand, 0.5% Italy, 0.5% Sri Lanka, 0.4% Austria, 0.3% England, 0.3% Germany.

91.1% of people living in Brewarrina speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.5% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.5% Other, 0.5% Arabic, 0.2% Turkish, 0.2% Other , 0.2% Sinhalese, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% German.

The religious makeup of Brewarrina is 30.9% Anglican, 26.6% Catholic, 21.1% No religion, 8.0% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.9% Brethren, 2.0% Christian, nfd, 1.8% Uniting Church, 1.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 0.9% Baptist, 0.6% Other religious affiliation .

25.9% of people are married, 57.6% have never married and 7.2% are divorced and 3.3% are separated. There are 56 widowed people living in Brewarrina.

61.0% of the people living in Brewarrina over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 19.6% are working on a part time basis. Brewarrina has an unemployment rate of 13.4%.

The main occupations of people living in Brewarrina are 21.9% Managers, 20.5% Community & personal service workers, 14.5% Professionals, 12.6% Labourers, 10.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 9.3% Technicians & trades workers, 6.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 2.4% Sales workers.

The main industries people from Brewarrina work in are 18.8% Public administration and safety, 18.8% Health care and social assistance, 17.8% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 15.9% Education and training, 6.2% Retail trade, 5.2% Accommodation and food services, 3.8% Construction, 2.9% Administrative and support services, 2.1% Financial and insurance services.

25.2% of homes are fully owned, and 12.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 59.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $378 per week and the median household income is $783 per week.

The median rent in Brewarrina is $90 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $542 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Brewarrina postcode 2839