Airds Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Airds (2560) is a suburb of Sydney, Macarthur/Camden, New South Wales. It is about 42 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Airds is in the federal electorate of Macarthur.

In the 2011 census the population of Airds was 3,507 and is comprised of approximately 54.8% females and 45.2% males.

The median/average age of the population of Airds is 26 years of age.

74.5% of people living in the suburb of Airds were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.5% New Zealand, 2.7% Samoa, 1.7% England, 0.9% Lebanon, 0.9% Fiji, 0.7% Scotland, 0.6% Tonga, 0.5% Philippines, 0.4% Italy, 0.4% Vietnam, 0.4% Cook Islands, 0.3% Uruguay, 0.3% Poland, 0.3% Laos.

77.2% of people living in Airds speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 6.0% Samoan, 5.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 3.0% Other, 2.6% Arabic, 1.3% Spanish, 0.4% Vietnamese, 0.4% Greek, 0.3% Polish, 0.3% Italian.

The religious makeup of Airds is 26.2% Catholic, 25.1% Anglican, 16.9% No religion, 8.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.5% Islam, 2.9% Latter-day Saints, 2.7% Uniting Church, 2.3% Christian, nfd, 2.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.7% Seventh-day Adventist.

23.2% of people are married, 53.9% have never married and 11.2% are divorced and 6.0% are separated. There are 139 widowed people living in Airds.

42.4% of the people living in Airds over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 23.5% are working on a part time basis. Airds has an unemployment rate of 27.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Airds are 23.7% Labourers, 16.4% Machinery operators & drivers, 13.9% Community & personal service workers, 11.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.1% Technicians & trades workers, 9.1% Sales workers, 5.3% Professionals, 5.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 4.1% Managers.

The main industries people from Airds work in are 15.8% Health care and social assistance, 15.2% Manufacturing, 9.7% Retail trade, 8.5% Transport, postal and warehousing, 8.1% Accommodation and food services, 7.0% Inadequately described/Not stated, 6.9% Administrative and support services, 5.9% Construction, 4.8% Education and training.

2.6% of homes are fully owned, and 2.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 90.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $310 per week and the median household income is $544 per week.

The median rent in Airds is $144 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1213 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Airds postcode 2560