Neutral Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,384 people in Neutral Bay of these 47.1% were male and 52.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Neutral Bay was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.5% of the population.

Of people in Neutral Bay aged 15 years and over, 36.3% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Neutral Bay was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Neutral Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Neutral Bay was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Neutral Bay 24.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.4% were in primary school, 10.0% in secondary school and 36.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Neutral Bay were English 26.6%, Australian 17.9%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 7.6% and Chinese 4.3%.

In Neutral Bay, 55.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.6%, New Zealand 3.6%, Japan 1.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.7% and South Africa 1.7%.

In Neutral Bay, 38.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 47.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Neutral Bay were No Religion 30.0%, Catholic 22.8%, Anglican 17.9%, Buddhism 3.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5%.

In Neutral Bay 74.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Japanese 2.2%, Mandarin 2.0%, Cantonese 1.9%, Spanish 1.4% and Nepali 1.2%.

Employment

There were 6,289 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Neutral Bay. Of these 73.4% were employed full time, 19.7% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Neutral Bay, 6.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 61.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Neutral Bay was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Neutral Bay included Professionals 41.6%, Managers 19.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Sales Workers 7.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.9%, Labourers 2.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.8%.

Of the employed people in Neutral Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 5.8%, Computer System Design and Related Services 5.2%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 4.6%, Depository Financial Intermediation 4.5% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Neutral Bay was $1,213.

In Neutral Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 32.2%, Bus 24.5%, Walked only 11.7%, Train 3.6% and Car, as passenger 2.8%. On the day, 37.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 35.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Neutral Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.1% provided care for children and 7.8% 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 Neutral Bay, 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Neutral Bay, 28.6% were couple families with children, 58.5% were couple families without children and 9.9% were one parent families.

In Neutral Bay 13.7% of single parents were male and 86.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Neutral Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,371 and those without children was $3,116.

Employment status of couple families

In Neutral Bay, of couple families with children, 39.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 18.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Neutral Bay, 87.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Neutral Bay, 10.2% were separate houses, 17.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 72.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Neutral Bay, of occupied private dwellings 23.8% had 1 bedroom, 45.0% had 2 bedrooms and 22.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.1. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Neutral Bay, 23.1% were owned outright, 23.0% were owned with a mortgage and 52.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Neutral Bay, of all households, 52.4% were family households, 39.3% were single person households and 8.3% were group households.

In Neutral Bay, 11.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 24.1% 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 Neutral Bay, 56.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 21.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 3.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Neutral Bay, there were 26 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 65.4%) were male and 9 (or 34.6%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Neutral Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,166.

In Neutral Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $373 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.