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Louth Park
2 km²
Far more families earn high incomes in Louth Park than is typical for New South Wales. It is a young, affluent community where the typical resident is 35 and many homes are large and own mortgage-heavy. The area has grown by 18% since 2011, adding 117 people to its population. With many children and a high proportion of couples with kids, it has evolved into a family-focused suburb of the Maitland region.
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This is a noticeably young community where the typical resident is 35, and 22.7% are children under 15. This is well above the national figure of 18.2%, while seniors make up just 8.2% of the population.
The area is predominantly Australian or English in ancestry, and only 7.2% of people were born overseas, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%.
English is the primary language for 95.2% of the community, and very few people—just 4.3%—use another language at home.
Christianity remains the most common affiliation at 62.6%, though the number of people reporting no religion rose to 34.0% since 2011.
Education levels have climbed sharply, with 62.5% of residents completing Year 12. A quarter of adults now hold a bachelor degree or higher, a significant rise from 3.0% in 2011.
Typical weekly household incomes are far above the national figure at $3,429. This wealth is reflected in the fact that 54.2% of households earn $3,000 or more per week.
The community is generally healthy, with only 2.9% of people needing help with daily activities, which is a little below the state average.
Unpaid care is common here, with 35.4% of people caring for children, a figure far above the national average of 26.3%.
Homes are typically large, averaging 3.5 people per household. This is consistent with the fact that 78.6% of households are couples with children.
Most of the housing consists of separate houses, with 96.4% having three or more bedrooms. Renting is very rare here at just 3.6%, and typical monthly mortgage payments are high at $2,600.
The area is entirely dependent on cars, as 0.0% of residents use public transport to commute and every home has at least one vehicle.
Louth Park has seen significant movement, with 51.6% of people moving in the last five years, though there have been no recent arrivals from overseas.
The workforce is very active, with 77.3% of adults working or looking for work and a very low unemployment rate of 2.2%.
The suburb is highly car-dependent, as no homes are within a 15-minute walk of schools, groceries, or health services.