Moss Vale Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Moss Vale (2577) is a suburb of South Coast, Southern Highlands, New South Wales. It is about 108 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Moss Vale is in the federal electorate of Throsby.

In the 2011 census the population of Moss Vale was 7,792 and is comprised of approximately 52.0% females and 48.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Moss Vale is 42 years of age.

83.3% of people living in the suburb of Moss Vale were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 4.8% England, 1.5% New Zealand, 0.6% Scotland, 0.5% Germany, 0.4% South Africa, 0.4% China , 0.3% Italy, 0.3% Netherlands, 0.3% Canada, 0.2% India, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% United States of America, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% Greece.

91.6% of people living in Moss Vale speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.6% Italian, 0.5% Other, 0.4% Mandarin, 0.4% Cantonese, 0.3% German, 0.3% Greek, 0.2% Thai, 0.2% Spanish.

The religious makeup of Moss Vale is 30.4% Anglican, 25.2% Catholic, 17.0% No religion, 6.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.5% Uniting Church, 4.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.3% Christian, nfd, 1.5% Baptist, 1.3% Brethren, 0.9% Other religious affiliation .

49.1% of people are married, 29.8% have never married and 10.3% are divorced and 3.6% are separated. There are 452 widowed people living in Moss Vale.

59.4% of the people living in Moss Vale over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.9% are working on a part time basis. Moss Vale has an unemployment rate of 5.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Moss Vale are 18.6% Technicians & trades workers, 15.4% Professionals, 12.4% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.2% Managers, 12.2% Labourers, 10.0% Community & personal service workers, 9.4% Sales workers, 8.1% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Moss Vale work in are 13.0% Manufacturing, 11.8% Retail trade, 10.9% Health care and social assistance, 9.4% Construction, 9.2% Accommodation and food services, 8.4% Education and training, 5.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.7% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.6% Other services.

35.0% of homes are fully owned, and 31.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 30.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $537 per week and the median household income is $1008 per week.

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

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Moss Vale postcode 2577