Sydney - Eastern Suburbs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 249,546 people in Sydney - Eastern Suburbs of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Sydney - Eastern Suburbs was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.4% of the population.

Of people in Sydney - Eastern Suburbs aged 15 years and over, 39.8% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sydney - Eastern Suburbs was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Sydney - Eastern Suburbs, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sydney - Eastern Suburbs was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Sydney - Eastern Suburbs 33.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.4% were in primary school, 13.4% in secondary school and 30.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sydney - Eastern Suburbs were English 20.4%, Australian 17.2%, Irish 9.2%, Chinese 5.9% and Scottish 5.5%.

In Sydney - Eastern Suburbs, 54.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.7%, New Zealand 2.6%, South Africa 2.6% and Ireland 1.6%.

In Sydney - Eastern Suburbs, 35.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 50.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sydney - Eastern Suburbs were Catholic 25.5%, No Religion 22.8%, Anglican 13.2%, Judaism 9.5% and Eastern Orthodox 4.8%.

In Sydney - Eastern Suburbs 67.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.8%, Greek 2.6%, Cantonese 2.2%, Russian 1.5% and Spanish 1.3%.

Employment

There were 132,781 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sydney - Eastern Suburbs. Of these 64.6% were employed full time, 25.6% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sydney - Eastern Suburbs, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sydney - Eastern Suburbs was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Sydney - Eastern Suburbs included Professionals 37.4%, Managers 16.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.9%, Labourers 3.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in Sydney - Eastern Suburbs, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Hospitals 3.6%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 3.5% and Tertiary Education 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sydney - Eastern Suburbs was $869.

In Sydney - Eastern Suburbs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 41.6%, Bus 14.9%, Walked only 6.8%, Train, bus 5.2% and Train 4.3%. On the day, 27.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 45.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sydney - Eastern Suburbs, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.1% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.4% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Sydney - Eastern Suburbs, 24.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sydney - Eastern Suburbs, 42.5% were couple families with children, 41.2% were couple families without children and 13.4% were one parent families.

In Sydney - Eastern Suburbs 16.8% of single parents were male and 83.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sydney - Eastern Suburbs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,167 and those without children was $2,853.

Employment status of couple families

In Sydney - Eastern Suburbs, of couple families with children, 27.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 20.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sydney - Eastern Suburbs, 90.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sydney - Eastern Suburbs, 25.8% were separate houses, 18.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 55.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Sydney - Eastern Suburbs, of occupied private dwellings 12.5% had 1 bedroom, 39.9% had 2 bedrooms and 27.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sydney - Eastern Suburbs, 28.7% were owned outright, 24.1% were owned with a mortgage and 44.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Sydney - Eastern Suburbs, of all households, 60.8% were family households, 29.4% were single person households and 9.7% were group households.

In Sydney - Eastern Suburbs, 17.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 23.3% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Sydney - Eastern Suburbs, 44.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sydney - Eastern Suburbs, there were 2,212 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 1,136 (or 51.4%) were male and 1,076 (or 48.6%) were female. The median age was 27 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Sydney - Eastern Suburbs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,252.

In Sydney - Eastern Suburbs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $305 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.