Lochinvar Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Lochinvar (2321) is a suburb of Hunter Valley, Lower Hunter Valley, New South Wales. It is about 132 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Lochinvar is in the federal electorate of Hunter.

In the 2011 census the population of Lochinvar was 941 and is comprised of approximately 52.5% females and 47.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Lochinvar is 41 years of age.

89.4% of people living in the suburb of Lochinvar were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 2.9% England, 1.3% Germany, 0.7% New Zealand, 0.6% Scotland, 0.5% United States of America, 0.4% Italy.

95.2% of people living in Lochinvar speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.5% German, 0.4% Maltese, 0.3% Other, 0.3% Italian.

The religious makeup of Lochinvar is 39.1% Catholic, 28.2% Anglican, 9.8% No religion, 5.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.8% Uniting Church, 2.7% Christian, nfd, 2.3% Baptist, 1.1% Pentecostal, 0.7% Lutheran.

54.3% of people are married, 31.1% have never married and 6.3% are divorced and 3.1% are separated. There are 41 widowed people living in Lochinvar.

60.0% of the people living in Lochinvar over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.8% are working on a part time basis. Lochinvar has an unemployment rate of 4.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Lochinvar are 20.9% Technicians & trades workers, 14.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.2% Professionals, 12.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 10.5% Managers, 9.5% Sales workers, 9.5% Community & personal service workers, 8.2% Labourers, 0.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Lochinvar work in are 12.5% Health care and social assistance, 10.6% Retail trade, 9.5% Manufacturing, 9.5% Education and training, 9.5% Mining, 7.6% Construction, 7.1% Other services, 6.0% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.2% Agriculture, forestry and fishing.

41.5% of homes are fully owned, and 39.2% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 16.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $559 per week and the median household income is $1535 per week.

The median rent in Lochinvar is $180 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1473 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Lochinvar postcode 2321