Double Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,687 people in Double Bay of these 43.7% were male and 56.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Double Bay was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.4% of the population.

Of people in Double Bay aged 15 years and over, 36.9% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Double Bay was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Double Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Double Bay was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Double Bay 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 13.7% were in primary school, 15.9% in secondary school and 24.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Double Bay were English 23.6%, Australian 17.8%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 6.5% and Chinese 2.7%.

In Double Bay, 56.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.5%, South Africa 3.5%, New Zealand 3.1%, United States of America 1.6% and Ireland 1.1%.

In Double Bay, 40.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 44.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Double Bay were Catholic 21.8%, No Religion 20.4%, Anglican 19.1%, Judaism 11.3% and Eastern Orthodox 3.3%.

In Double Bay 74.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 1.5%, Cantonese 1.4%, Greek 1.3%, Italian 1.0% and Hungarian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 2,584 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Double Bay. Of these 67.3% were employed full time, 24.2% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Double Bay, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Double Bay was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Double Bay included Professionals 42.5%, Managers 20.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.5%, Sales Workers 8.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.6%, Labourers 1.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.6%.

Of the employed people in Double Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 6.6%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 5.4%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.4%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 3.3% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Double Bay was $1,135.

In Double Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 34.6%, Train 18.6%, Walked only 9.0%, Bus 5.2% and Car, as passenger 4.6%. On the day, 33.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 39.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Double Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.8% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.1% 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 Double Bay, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Double Bay, 31.0% were couple families with children, 51.1% were couple families without children and 13.8% were one parent families.

In Double Bay 13.5% of single parents were male and 86.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Double Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,409 and those without children was $3,261.

Employment status of couple families

In Double Bay, of couple families with children, 30.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 17.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Double Bay, 85.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Double Bay, 15.1% were separate houses, 10.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 73.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Double Bay, of occupied private dwellings 8.4% had 1 bedroom, 49.9% had 2 bedrooms and 28.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Double Bay, 35.5% were owned outright, 19.7% were owned with a mortgage and 42.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Double Bay, of all households, 55.5% were family households, 34.6% were single person households and 9.9% were group households.

In Double Bay, 13.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 26.9% 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 Double Bay, 49.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Double Bay, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Double Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Double Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $7,000.