North Bondi

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,581 people in North Bondi of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in North Bondi was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.9% of the population.

Of people in North Bondi aged 15 years and over, 41.0% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Bondi was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In North Bondi, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Bondi was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In North Bondi 32.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.0% were in primary school, 13.3% in secondary school and 20.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Bondi were English 21.5%, Australian 17.1%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 5.4% and Jewish 4.0%.

In North Bondi, 55.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.5%, South Africa 5.7%, New Zealand 2.6%, Ireland 1.6% and Israel 1.4%.

In North Bondi, 32.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 50.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Bondi were Judaism 24.2%, No Religion 22.9%, Catholic 20.6%, Anglican 9.7% and Eastern Orthodox 2.0%.

In North Bondi 75.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hebrew 2.0%, Russian 1.8%, German 1.2%, Spanish 1.1% and Italian 1.1%.

Employment

There were 4,756 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Bondi. Of these 64.7% were employed full time, 26.5% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Bondi, 8.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.2% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in North Bondi included Professionals 39.6%, Managers 18.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.0%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Labourers 2.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.4%.

Of the employed people in North Bondi, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 4.6%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 4.2%, School Education 3.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1% and Advertising Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Bondi was $1,028.

In North Bondi, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.9%, Train, bus 12.0%, Bus 8.6%, Car, as passenger 3.6% and Walked only 3.3%. On the day, 27.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 48.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Bondi, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.2% provided care for children and 9.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.0% 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 North Bondi, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Bondi, 50.3% were couple families with children, 36.5% were couple families without children and 11.2% were one parent families.

In North Bondi 17.9% of single parents were male and 82.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Bondi, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,184 and those without children was $2,894.

Employment status of couple families

In North Bondi, of couple families with children, 26.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 26.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Bondi, 89.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Bondi, 27.9% were separate houses, 23.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 47.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In North Bondi, of occupied private dwellings 11.4% had 1 bedroom, 44.1% had 2 bedrooms and 24.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Bondi, 26.3% were owned outright, 27.2% were owned with a mortgage and 43.9% were rented.

Household composition

In North Bondi, of all households, 61.4% were family households, 26.7% were single person households and 11.8% were group households.

In North Bondi, 15.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 27.4% 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 North Bondi, 43.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Bondi, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 55.0%) were male and 9 (or 45.0%) 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 North Bondi, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,291.

In North Bondi, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $455 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.