Sydenham (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,021 people in Sydenham (NSW) of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Sydenham (NSW) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.3% of the population.

Of people in Sydenham (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 35.5% were married and 13.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sydenham (NSW) was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Sydenham (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 34.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sydenham (NSW) was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Sydenham (NSW) 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 10.6% were in primary school, 11.6% in secondary school and 34.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sydenham (NSW) were English 18.7%, Australian 15.4%, Irish 8.9%, Chinese 6.5% and Scottish 4.7%.

In Sydenham (NSW), 52.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Nepal 4.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.9%, Vietnam 3.8%, England 3.2% and Greece 2.9%.

In Sydenham (NSW), 30.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 54.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sydenham (NSW) were Catholic 23.9%, No Religion 23.6%, Buddhism 11.1%, Eastern Orthodox 7.7% and Anglican 7.5%.

In Sydenham (NSW) 51.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 5.0%, Nepali 4.9%, Cantonese 4.9%, Vietnamese 4.4% and Indonesian 2.7%.

Employment

There were 617 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sydenham (NSW). Of these 61.1% were employed full time, 27.4% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Sydenham (NSW), 5.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sydenham (NSW) was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 30 years.

The most common occupations in Sydenham (NSW) included Professionals 22.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Managers 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Labourers 9.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Sydenham (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.4%, Hospitals 4.0%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.5%, School Education 3.1% and Tertiary Education 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sydenham (NSW) was $607.

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In Sydenham (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 37.0%, Train 29.5%, Walked only 5.2%, Train, bus 3.8% and Bus 3.5%. On the day, 38.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 39.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sydenham (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 64.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.5% provided care for children and 6.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.2% 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 Sydenham (NSW), 23.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sydenham (NSW), 30.6% were couple families with children, 40.0% were couple families without children and 23.9% were one parent families.

In Sydenham (NSW) 15.5% of single parents were male and 84.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sydenham (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,908 and those without children was $2,481.

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Employment status of couple families

In Sydenham (NSW), of couple families with children, 30.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 17.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sydenham (NSW), 95.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sydenham (NSW), 43.5% were separate houses, 49.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Sydenham (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 4.4% had 1 bedroom, 38.1% had 2 bedrooms and 43.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sydenham (NSW), 27.9% were owned outright, 39.0% were owned with a mortgage and 26.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Sydenham (NSW), of all households, 61.9% were family households, 25.9% were single person households and 12.2% were group households.

In Sydenham (NSW), 19.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.4% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Sydenham (NSW), 49.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sydenham (NSW), there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 70.0%) were male and 6 (or 30.0%) 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 Sydenham (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,156.

In Sydenham (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $470 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.