Point Piper

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,404 people in Point Piper of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Point Piper was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.1% of the population.

Of people in Point Piper aged 15 years and over, 51.2% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Point Piper was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Point Piper, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Point Piper was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Point Piper 38.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 12.9% were in primary school, 8.3% in secondary school and 14.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Point Piper were English 20.2%, Australian 14.8%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 7.2% and Chinese 4.7%.

In Point Piper, 48.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.3%, South Africa 4.0%, New Zealand 2.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.1% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.4%.

In Point Piper, 41.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Point Piper were Anglican 18.4%, No Religion 17.7%, Catholic 16.3%, Judaism 11.9% and Eastern Orthodox 4.0%.

In Point Piper 65.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.1%, Cantonese 1.6%, Greek 0.9%, Italian 0.9% and German 0.8%.

Employment

There were 612 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Point Piper. Of these 62.3% were employed full time, 29.6% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Point Piper, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Point Piper was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 55 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Point Piper were Professionals 38.5%, Managers 28.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.4%, Sales Workers 7.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 3.2% and Labourers 1.2%.

Of the employed people in Point Piper, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 6.9%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 6.3%, Medical Services 3.4%, Management and Related Consulting Services 3.2% and Property Operators 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Point Piper was $1,370.

In Point Piper, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.8%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Walked only 4.4%, Ferry 3.2% and Train, bus 3.0%. On the day, 12.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Point Piper, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.5% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.6% 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 Point Piper, 18.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Point Piper, 31.2% were couple families with children, 51.9% were couple families without children and 13.7% were one parent families.

In Point Piper 20.5% of single parents were male and 79.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Point Piper, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,833 and those without children was $3,305.

Employment status of couple families

In Point Piper, of couple families with children, 20.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 16.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Point Piper, 82.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Point Piper, 31.0% were separate houses, 6.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 62.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Point Piper, of occupied private dwellings 8.8% had 1 bedroom, 30.3% had 2 bedrooms and 35.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Point Piper, 49.4% were owned outright, 17.8% were owned with a mortgage and 29.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Point Piper, of all households, 64.7% were family households, 28.8% were single person households and 6.5% were group households.

In Point Piper, 7.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 36.9% 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 Point Piper, 35.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Point Piper, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Point Piper, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Point Piper, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $630 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.