Glenfield Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Glenfield (2167) is a suburb of Sydney, Macarthur/Camden, New South Wales. It is about 31 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Glenfield is in the federal electorate of Werriwa.

In the 2011 census the population of Glenfield was 7,558 and is comprised of approximately 51.8% females and 48.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Glenfield is 36 years of age.

50.8% of people living in the suburb of Glenfield were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.2% India, 3.6% Philippines, 3.2% Bangladesh, 2.5% Fiji, 2.3% China , 2.3% England, 2.0% New Zealand, 1.0% Egypt, 1.0% Indonesia, 0.8% Vietnam, 0.7% Pakistan, 0.7% Poland, 0.6% Samoa, 0.6% Lebanon.

50.9% of people living in Glenfield speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 8.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 5.5% Other, 4.4% Bengali, 4.3% Hindi, 2.7% Arabic, 2.5% Mandarin, 2.4% Other, 2.1% Tagalog, 1.7% Cantonese.

The religious makeup of Glenfield is 25.7% Catholic, 15.2% Anglican, 11.3% No religion, 9.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 7.7% Islam, 7.3% Hinduism, 3.3% Buddhism, 3.0% Eastern Orthodox, 2.5% Uniting Church, 1.9% Pentecostal.

50.3% of people are married, 30.7% have never married and 7.5% are divorced and 3.1% are separated. There are 510 widowed people living in Glenfield.

65.1% of the people living in Glenfield over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 22.7% are working on a part time basis. Glenfield has an unemployment rate of 6.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Glenfield are 20.1% Professionals, 19.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.8% Technicians & trades workers, 9.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 9.5% Community & personal service workers, 9.1% Labourers, 8.7% Managers, 8.6% Sales workers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Glenfield work in are 12.4% Manufacturing, 11.6% Health care and social assistance, 9.7% Transport, postal and warehousing, 8.9% Retail trade, 7.6% Public administration and safety, 7.0% Education and training, 6.4% Financial and insurance services, 6.2% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.7% Accommodation and food services.

27.2% of homes are fully owned, and 44.9% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 24.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $611 per week and the median household income is $1394 per week.

The median rent in Glenfield is $290 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1965 per month.

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