Parramatta

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 124,775 people in Parramatta of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Parramatta was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.6% of the population.

Of people in Parramatta aged 15 years and over, 53.8% were married and 9.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Parramatta was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Parramatta, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Parramatta was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Parramatta 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.3% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 26.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Parramatta were Australian 15.5%, English 14.8%, Indian 12.9%, Chinese 8.6% and Irish 4.8%.

In Parramatta, 46.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 13.8%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5.7%, Sri Lanka 2.8%, New Zealand 1.8% and Philippines 1.8%.

In Parramatta, 26.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 64.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Parramatta were Catholic 24.5%, Hinduism 15.7%, No Religion 14.1%, Anglican 11.0% and Islam 5.7%.

In Parramatta 45.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 4.9%, Arabic 4.4%, Gujarati 4.3%, Hindi 4.1% and Tamil 3.9%.

Employment

There were 63,018 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Parramatta. Of these 64.5% were employed full time, 24.1% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Parramatta, 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Parramatta was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Parramatta included Professionals 27.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.5%, Managers 10.4%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%, Labourers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Parramatta, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, School Education 3.6%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.5% and Depository Financial Intermediation 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Parramatta was $609.

In Parramatta, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.0%, Train 15.1%, Walked only 4.9%, Bus 4.4% and Car, as passenger 4.3%. On the day, 26.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Parramatta, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.7% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.4% 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 Parramatta, 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Parramatta, 48.2% were couple families with children, 35.4% were couple families without children and 13.9% were one parent families.

In Parramatta 16.6% of single parents were male and 83.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Parramatta, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,353 and those without children was $2,113.

Employment status of couple families

In Parramatta, of couple families with children, 25.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 16.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Parramatta, 94.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Parramatta, 46.1% were separate houses, 12.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 40.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Parramatta, of occupied private dwellings 5.1% had 1 bedroom, 39.4% had 2 bedrooms and 34.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Parramatta, 23.7% were owned outright, 31.5% were owned with a mortgage and 41.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Parramatta, of all households, 72.2% were family households, 23.3% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In Parramatta, 19.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.5% 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 Parramatta, 45.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Parramatta, there were 1,038 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 550 (or 53.0%) were male and 488 (or 47.0%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Parramatta, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,106.

In Parramatta, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $320 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.