Gymea Bay Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Gymea Bay (2227) is a suburb of Sydney, Sutherland, New South Wales. It is about 23 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Gymea Bay is in the federal electorate of Cook.

In the 2011 census the population of Gymea Bay was 6,873 and is comprised of approximately 51.0% females and 49.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Gymea Bay is 39 years of age.

84.9% of people living in the suburb of Gymea Bay were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.3% England, 1.1% New Zealand, 0.5% Italy, 0.5% Scotland, 0.4% Greece, 0.4% China , 0.4% United States of America, 0.3% Hong Kong , 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% South Africa, 0.3% Germany, 0.2% Egypt, 0.2% Canada, 0.2% Netherlands.

92.4% of people living in Gymea Bay speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.9% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.0% Greek, 0.7% Italian, 0.6% Cantonese, 0.5% Other, 0.4% Spanish, 0.3% Mandarin, 0.2% German, 0.2% Arabic.

The religious makeup of Gymea Bay is 30.6% Catholic, 30.3% Anglican, 16.2% No religion, 5.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.0% Uniting Church, 2.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.5% Baptist, 2.2% Eastern Orthodox, 1.4% Christian, nfd, 0.6% Buddhism.

62.1% of people are married, 26.2% have never married and 5.0% are divorced and 1.7% are separated. There are 267 widowed people living in Gymea Bay.

59.0% of the people living in Gymea Bay over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.1% are working on a part time basis. Gymea Bay has an unemployment rate of 3.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Gymea Bay are 23.6% Professionals, 19.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 17.2% Managers, 13.5% Technicians & trades workers, 9.7% Sales workers, 9.2% Community & personal service workers, 4.1% Labourers, 2.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.5% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Gymea Bay work in are 10.1% Construction, 10.0% Education and training, 9.7% Health care and social assistance, 9.0% Retail trade, 8.8% Professional, scientific and technical services, 7.8% Manufacturing, 6.8% Financial and insurance services, 6.4% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.8% Public administration and safety.

44.8% of homes are fully owned, and 45.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 8.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $740 per week and the median household income is $2204 per week.

The median rent in Gymea Bay is $490 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2700 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Gymea Bay postcode 2227