Buff Point Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Buff Point (2262) is a suburb of Central Coast, Central Coast, New South Wales. It is about 76 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Buff Point is in the federal electorate of Shortland.

In the 2011 census the population of Buff Point was 3,285 and is comprised of approximately 52.4% females and 47.6% males.

The median/average age of the population of Buff Point is 43 years of age.

83.6% of people living in the suburb of Buff Point were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.8% England, 1.2% New Zealand, 0.6% Netherlands, 0.5% Scotland, 0.3% Malta, 0.3% United States of America, 0.3% China , 0.3% Italy, 0.3% Greece, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Germany, 0.2% Hong Kong , 0.2% Malaysia.

94.3% of people living in Buff Point speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.8% Other, 0.3% Mandarin, 0.2% Cantonese, 0.2% Greek, 0.2% Dutch, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% Tagalog, 0.2% Maltese.

The religious makeup of Buff Point is 34.5% Anglican, 27.0% Catholic, 16.8% No religion, 5.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.9% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.9% Uniting Church, 1.7% Baptist, 0.9% Christian, nfd, 0.9% Eastern Orthodox, 0.9% Buddhism.

48.9% of people are married, 28.8% have never married and 11.3% are divorced and 4.0% are separated. There are 185 widowed people living in Buff Point.

56.3% of the people living in Buff Point over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.4% are working on a part time basis. Buff Point has an unemployment rate of 7.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Buff Point are 17.8% Technicians & trades workers, 12.7% Labourers, 12.6% Community & personal service workers, 12.5% Professionals, 12.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.1% Sales workers, 9.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.6% Managers, 1.8% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Buff Point work in are 13.8% Retail trade, 13.5% Health care and social assistance, 12.3% Construction, 9.6% Manufacturing, 8.4% Accommodation and food services, 7.2% Education and training, 5.5% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.4% Public administration and safety, 4.1% Other services.

39.0% of homes are fully owned, and 34.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 23.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $417 per week and the median household income is $838 per week.

The median rent in Buff Point is $250 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

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