Parramatta

2016 Census All persons QuickStats
Geography type State Suburbs
Area code SSC13156
People 25,798
Male 52%
Female 48%
Median age 31
Families 6,429
Average children per family  null
for families with children 1.4
for all households (a) 0.5
All private dwellings 10,517
Average people per household 2.6
Median weekly household income $1,739
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,874
Median weekly rent $430
Average motor vehicles per dwelling 1

(a) This label has been updated to more accurately reflect the Census concept shown in this data item. The data has not changed.

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People

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Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

People
Persons count based on place of usual residence on Census night
Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Male 13,422 52.0 3,686,014 49.3 11,546,638 49.3
Female 12,381 48.0 3,794,217 50.7 11,855,248 50.7
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 123 0.5 216,176 2.9 649,171 2.8

In the 2016 Census, there were 25,798 people in Parramatta. Of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

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Age Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Median age 31 -- 38 -- 38 --
0-4 years 2,325 9.0 465,135 6.2 1,464,779 6.3
5-9 years 1,188 4.6 478,184 6.4 1,502,646 6.4
10-14 years 675 2.6 443,009 5.9 1,397,183 6.0
15-19 years 749 2.9 448,425 6.0 1,421,595 6.1
20-24 years 1,970 7.6 489,673 6.5 1,566,793 6.7
25-29 years 4,145 16.1 527,161 7.0 1,664,602 7.1
30-34 years 4,889 19.0 540,360 7.2 1,703,847 7.3
35-39 years 2,912 11.3 499,724 6.7 1,561,679 6.7
40-44 years 1,430 5.5 503,169 6.7 1,583,257 6.8
45-49 years 1,088 4.2 492,440 6.6 1,581,455 6.8
50-54 years 982 3.8 485,546 6.5 1,523,551 6.5
55-59 years 916 3.6 469,726 6.3 1,454,332 6.2
60-64 years 775 3.0 420,044 5.6 1,299,397 5.6
65-69 years 574 2.2 384,470 5.1 1,188,999 5.1
70-74 years 396 1.5 292,556 3.9 887,716 3.8
75-79 years 304 1.2 217,308 2.9 652,657 2.8
80-84 years 223 0.9 155,806 2.1 460,549 2.0
85 years and over 251 1.0 167,506 2.2 486,842 2.1

The median age of people in Parramatta was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.8% of the population.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Married 11,905 55.1 2,965,280 48.7 9,148,218 48.1
Separated 525 2.4 190,198 3.1 608,059 3.2
Divorced 1,356 6.3 512,298 8.4 1,626,890 8.5
Widowed 546 2.5 331,653 5.4 985,204 5.2
Never married 7,281 33.7 2,094,460 34.4 6,668,910 35.0

Of people in Parramatta aged 15 years and over, 55.1% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 9,623 51.2 2,612,630 48.3 8,001,141 47.7
De facto marriage 1,125 6.0 506,133 9.4 1,751,731 10.4
Not married 8,030 42.8 2,290,887 42.3 7,024,973 41.9

In Parramatta, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.0% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Preschool 373 4.9 132,047 5.7 347,621 4.8
Primary - Government 1,085 14.1 417,465 18.0 1,314,787 18.2
Primary - Catholic 127 1.7 122,099 5.3 380,604 5.3
Primary - other non Government 41 0.5 67,611 2.9 231,490 3.2
Secondary - Government 554 7.2 269,249 11.6 827,505 11.5
Secondary - Catholic 99 1.3 117,689 5.1 338,384 4.7
Secondary - other non Government 58 0.8 79,915 3.4 280,618 3.9
Technical or further education institution 545 7.1 144,103 6.2 424,869 5.9
University or tertiary institution 2,126 27.7 376,133 16.2 1,160,626 16.1
Other 432 5.6 63,673 2.7 198,383 2.8
Not stated 2,236 29.1 535,266 23.0 1,707,023 23.7

In Parramatta 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.4% were in primary school, 9.3% in secondary school and 34.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 10,175 47.1 1,424,716 23.4 4,181,406 22.0
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 1,679 7.8 543,142 8.9 1,687,893 8.9
Certificate level IV 273 1.3 167,947 2.8 551,767 2.9
Certificate level III 878 4.1 730,498 12.0 2,442,203 12.8
Year 12 3,448 15.9 930,654 15.3 2,994,097 15.7
Year 11 346 1.6 203,574 3.3 941,531 4.9
Year 10 876 4.1 702,178 11.5 2,054,331 10.8
Certificate level II 8 0.0 4,849 0.1 13,454 0.1
Certificate level I 0 0.0 625 0.0 2,176 0.0
Year 9 or below 738 3.4 513,209 8.4 1,529,897 8.0
No educational attainment 411 1.9 54,870 0.9 145,844 0.8
Not stated 2,283 10.6 627,465 10.3 1,974,794 10.4

Of people aged 15 and over in Parramatta, 15.9% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 5.3% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 7.8% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Ancestry, top responses Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Indian 7,885 26.9 211,927 2.1 619,164 2.0
Chinese 4,766 16.3 514,594 5.2 1,213,903 3.9
English 2,242 7.7 2,302,481 23.3 7,852,224 25.0
Australian 1,899 6.5 2,261,062 22.9 7,298,243 23.3
Filipino 712 2.4 117,356 1.2 304,015 1.0

The most common ancestries in Parramatta were Indian 26.9%, Chinese 16.3%, English 7.7%, Australian 6.5% and Filipino 2.4%.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Parramatta (including those who did not state an ancestry).

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Country of birth Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Australia 6,263 24.3 4,899,090 65.5 15,614,835 66.7
Other top responses:  null  null  null  null  null  null
India 7,693 29.8 143,459 1.9 455,389 1.9
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3,088 12.0 234,508 3.1 509,555 2.2
Philippines 575 2.2 86,749 1.2 232,386 1.0
Korea, Republic of (South) 392 1.5 51,816 0.7 98,776 0.4
Nepal 378 1.5 32,117 0.4 54,754 0.2

In Parramatta, 24.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 29.8%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 12.0%, Philippines 2.2%, Korea, Republic of (South) 1.5% and Nepal 1.5%.

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Country of birth of father and/or mother, stated responses Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Both parents born overseas 20,210 78.3 2,764,170 37.0 8,051,196 34.4
Father only born overseas 582 2.3 458,394 6.1 1,488,092 6.4
Mother only born overseas 453 1.8 325,182 4.3 1,094,591 4.7
Both parents born in Australia 2,187 8.5 3,399,725 45.4 11,070,538 47.3

In Parramatta, 8.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 78.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

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Country of birth of father, stated responses Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
India 8,619 33.5 195,217 2.6 616,939 2.6
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3,795 14.7 332,465 4.4 704,658 3.0
Australia 2,650 10.3 3,745,787 50.1 12,231,150 52.3
Philippines 672 2.6 106,423 1.4 270,177 1.2
Lebanon 633 2.5 143,993 1.9 196,333 0.8

In Parramatta, the most common countries of birth for male parents were India 33.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 14.7%, Australia 10.3%, Philippines 2.6% and Lebanon 2.5%.

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Country of birth of mother, stated responses Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
India 8,596 33.4 191,594 2.6 605,777 2.6
China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3,844 14.9 329,967 4.4 699,074 3.0
Australia 2,782 10.8 3,884,762 51.9 12,643,365 54.0
Philippines 744 2.9 124,029 1.7 325,049 1.4
Lebanon 584 2.3 129,707 1.7 176,241 0.8

In Parramatta, the most common countries of birth for female parents were India 33.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 14.9%, Australia 10.8%, Philippines 2.9% and Lebanon 2.3%.

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Religious affiliation, top responses Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Hinduism 7,353 28.5 181,402 2.4 440,300 1.9
No Religion, so described 5,512 21.4 1,879,562 25.1 6,933,708 29.6
Catholic 3,267 12.7 1,846,443 24.7 5,291,834 22.6
Not stated 2,977 11.5 684,969 9.2 2,238,735 9.6
Islam 1,605 6.2 267,659 3.6 604,240 2.6

The most common responses for religion in Parramatta were Hinduism 28.5%, No Religion, so described 21.4%, Catholic 12.7%, Not stated 11.5% and Islam 6.2%. In Parramatta, Hinduism was the largest religious group reported overall (32.2%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

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Language, top responses (other than English) Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Mandarin 3,034 11.8 239,945 3.2 596,711 2.5
Hindi 2,530 9.8 67,034 0.9 159,652 0.7
Cantonese 1,158 4.5 143,333 1.9 280,943 1.2
Tamil 1,141 4.4 29,681 0.4 73,161 0.3
Gujarati 1,060 4.1 18,873 0.3 52,888 0.2
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English only spoken at home 6,058 23.5 5,126,633 68.5 17,020,417 72.7
Households where a non English language is spoken 6,745 68.8 735,563 26.5 1,971,011 22.2

In Parramatta 23.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 11.8%, Hindi 9.8%, Cantonese 4.5%, Tamil 4.4% and Gujarati 4.1%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 9,195 65.4 2,134,521 59.2 6,623,065 57.7
Worked part-time 2,984 21.2 1,071,151 29.7 3,491,503 30.4
Away from work 525 3.7 174,654 4.8 569,276 5.0
Unemployed 1,356 9.6 225,546 6.3 787,452 6.9

There were 14,060 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Parramatta. Of these 65.4% were employed full time, 21.2% were employed part-time and 9.6% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Employment - hours worked
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
1-15 hours per week 859 6.8 364,637 10.8 1,218,823 11.4
16-24 hours per week 1,234 9.7 352,817 10.4 1,079,236 10.1
25-34 hours per week 889 7.0 353,702 10.5 1,193,445 11.2
35-39 hours per week 3,208 25.3 645,428 19.1 2,031,263 19.0
40 hours or more per week 5,989 47.1 1,489,099 44.1 4,591,801 43.0

Of employed people in Parramatta, 6.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.1% worked 40 hours or more.

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Occupation
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Professionals 4,733 37.3 798,126 23.6 2,370,966 22.2
Clerical and Administrative Workers 1,710 13.5 467,977 13.8 1,449,681 13.6
Managers 1,335 10.5 456,084 13.5 1,390,047 13.0
Technicians and Trades Workers 1,105 8.7 429,239 12.7 1,447,414 13.5
Sales Workers 1,023 8.1 311,414 9.2 1,000,955 9.4
Community and Personal Service Workers 979 7.7 350,261 10.4 1,157,003 10.8
Labourers 912 7.2 297,887 8.8 1,011,520 9.5
Machinery Operators and Drivers 618 4.9 206,839 6.1 670,106 6.3

The most common occupations in Parramatta included Professionals 37.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Managers 10.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.7%, Sales Workers 8.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7%, Labourers 7.2% and Machinery Operators and Drivers 4.9%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Computer System Design and Related Services 1,598 12.7 63,717 1.9 162,884 1.5
Banking 588 4.7 63,678 1.9 144,232 1.3
Cafes and Restaurants 442 3.5 80,552 2.4 253,385 2.4
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 375 3.0 119,350 3.5 411,808 3.9
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 351 2.8 74,487 2.2 254,275 2.4

Of the employed people in Parramatta, the most common responses for industry of employment included Computer System Design and Related Services 12.7%, Banking 4.7%, Cafes and Restaurants 3.5%, Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 3.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Personal 755 -- 664 -- 662 --
Family 1,802 -- 1,780 -- 1,734 --
Household 1,739 -- 1,486 -- 1,438 --

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Parramatta was $755.

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Travel to work, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Car, as driver 4,023 31.7 1,953,399 57.8 6,574,571 61.5
Train 3,761 29.6 252,786 7.5 488,012 4.6
Walked only 1,243 9.8 130,957 3.9 370,427 3.5
Bus 878 6.9 133,903 4.0 323,201 3.0
Train, bus 794 6.3 60,155 1.8 104,122 1.0
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People who travelled to work by public transport 5,742 45.2 540,215 16.0 1,225,668 11.5
People who travelled to work by car as driver or passenger 4,604 36.2 2,182,854 64.6 7,305,271 68.4

In Parramatta, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 31.7%, Train 29.6%, Walked only 9.8%, Bus 6.9% and Train, bus 6.3%. On the day, 45.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 36.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 12,720 58.9 4,127,723 67.7 13,143,914 69.0
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 5,205 24.1 1,659,250 27.2 5,259,400 27.6
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 1,599 7.4 709,415 11.6 2,145,203 11.3
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 2,375 11.0 1,103,790 18.1 3,620,726 19.0

In Parramatta, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.1% provided care for children and 7.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.0% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Unpaid domestic work, number of hours
People aged 15 years and over
Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Less than 5 hours per week 4,600 21.3 1,359,656 22.3 4,298,593 22.6
5 to 14 hours per week 4,821 22.3 1,531,206 25.1 4,944,578 26.0
15 to 29 hours per week 1,780 8.2 690,934 11.3 2,189,776 11.5
30 hours or more per week 1,525 7.1 545,925 9.0 1,710,970 9.0

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Parramatta, 22.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.1% worked 30 hours or more.

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Families

family composition | employment status of couple families

Family composition

Family composition Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Couple family without children 2,448 38.0 709,524 36.6 2,291,987 37.8
Couple family with children 3,043 47.3 887,358 45.7 2,716,224 44.7
One parent family 738 11.5 310,906 16.0 959,543 15.8
Other family 205 3.2 32,438 1.7 102,559 1.7

Of the families in Parramatta, 47.3% were couple families with children, 38.0% were couple families without children and 11.5% were one parent families.

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Single (or lone) parents
Proportion of the total single (or lone) parent population
Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Male -- 18.6 -- 17.8 -- 18.2
Female -- 81.4 -- 82.2 -- 81.8

In Parramatta, 18.6% of single parents were male and 81.4% were female.

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Employment status of couple families

Employment status of couple families
Labour force, parents or partners aged 15 years and over
Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Both employed, worked full-time 1,483 27.1 360,916 22.6 1,084,006 21.6
Both employed, worked part-time 181 3.3 63,106 4.0 203,596 4.1
One employed full-time, one part-time 700 12.8 329,567 20.6 1,086,460 21.7
One employed full-time, other not working 1,640 30.0 240,084 15.0 749,886 15.0
One employed part-time, other not working 314 5.7 96,933 6.1 302,037 6.0
Both not working 651 11.9 334,742 21.0 1,006,697 20.1
Other (includes away from work) 233 4.3 80,905 5.1 264,145 5.3
Labour force status not stated (by one or both parents in a couple family) 270 4.9 90,630 5.7 311,381 6.2

In Parramatta, of couple families with children, 27.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 12.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Dwellings

dwelling structure | household composition | mortgage & rent | number of motor vehicles | internet connection

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling count Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Occupied private dwellings 8,926 92.5 2,604,320 90.1 8,286,073 88.8
Unoccupied private dwellings 719 7.5 284,741 9.9 1,039,874 11.2

In Parramatta, 92.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.5% were unoccupied.

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Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings
Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Separate house 912 10.2 1,729,820 66.4 6,041,788 72.9
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 596 6.7 317,453 12.2 1,055,016 12.7
Flat or apartment 7,282 81.6 519,390 19.9 1,087,434 13.1
Other dwelling 104 1.2 23,580 0.9 64,425 0.8

Of occupied private dwellings in Parramatta, 10.2% were separate houses, 6.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 81.6% were flats or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

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Number of bedrooms
Occupied private dwellings
Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
None (includes bedsitters) 136 1.5 17,157 0.7 39,769 0.5
1 bedroom 1,035 11.6 157,194 6.0 411,252 5.0
2 bedrooms 5,670 63.5 577,675 22.2 1,562,759 18.9
3 bedrooms 1,446 16.2 970,001 37.2 3,403,190 41.1
4 or more bedrooms 397 4.4 816,405 31.3 2,670,758 32.2
Number of bedrooms not stated 245 2.7 65,888 2.5 198,351 2.4
Average number of bedrooms per dwelling 2.1 -- 3 -- 3.1 --
Average number of people per household 2.6 -- 2.6 -- 2.6 --

In Parramatta, of occupied private dwellings 11.6% had 1 bedroom, 63.5% had 2 bedrooms and 16.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

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Tenure
Occupied private dwellings
Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Owned outright 958 10.7 839,665 32.2 2,565,695 31.0
Owned with a mortgage 1,556 17.4 840,004 32.3 2,855,222 34.5
Rented 6,101 68.4 826,922 31.8 2,561,302 30.9
Other tenure type 47 0.5 23,968 0.9 78,994 1.0
Tenure type not stated 258 2.9 73,763 2.8 224,869 2.7

Of occupied private dwellings in Parramatta, 10.7% were owned outright, 17.4% were owned with a mortgage and 68.4% were rented.

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Household composition

Household composition Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Family households 6,197 69.5 1,874,524 72.0 5,907,625 71.3
Single (or lone) person households 1,903 21.3 620,778 23.8 2,023,542 24.4
Group households 818 9.2 109,004 4.2 354,917 4.3

In Parramatta, of all households, 69.5% were family households, 21.3% were single person households and 9.2% were group households.

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Household income Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Less than $650 gross weekly income -- 14.3 -- 19.7 -- 20.0
More than $3,000 gross weekly income -- 17.0 -- 18.7 -- 16.4

In Parramatta, 14.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 17.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

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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.

Rent weekly payments Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Median rent 430 -- 380 -- 335 --
Households where rent payments are less than 30% of household income -- 77.0 -- 87.1 -- 88.5
Households with rent payments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 23.0 -- 12.9 -- 11.5

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and 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.

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Mortgage monthly repayments Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Median mortgage repayments 1,874 -- 1,986 -- 1,755 --
Households where mortgage repayments are less than 30% of household income -- 94.5 -- 92.6 -- 92.8
Households with mortgage repayments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 5.5 -- 7.4 -- 7.2

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and 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.

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Number of motor vehicles

Number of registered motor vehicles Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
None 2,252 25.3 239,625 9.2 623,829 7.5
1 motor vehicle 4,675 52.5 946,159 36.3 2,881,485 34.8
2 motor vehicles 1,332 14.9 887,849 34.1 2,999,184 36.2
3 or more vehicles 333 3.7 435,053 16.7 1,496,382 18.1
Number of motor vehicles not stated 321 3.6 95,623 3.7 285,197 3.4

In Parramatta, 52.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 14.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 3.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

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Internet connection

Dwelling internet connection Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Internet not accessed from dwelling 787 8.8 381,709 14.7 1,172,415 14.1
Internet accessed from dwelling 7,848 88.0 2,149,040 82.5 6,892,165 83.2
Not stated 279 3.1 73,565 2.8 221,494 2.7

In Parramatta, 88.0% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

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Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people

selected people & dwelling characteristics

People characteristics

People characteristics
Count based on place of usual residence on Census night.
Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Male 68 56.7 107,368 49.7 322,171 49.6
Female 52 43.3 108,809 50.3 326,996 50.4
Median age 32 -- 22 -- 23 --

In Parramatta, 56.7% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 43.3% were female. The median age was 32 years.

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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.

Dwelling characteristics
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 2.2 -- 3.1 -- 3.2 --
Average number of persons per bedroom 1 -- 1 -- 1 --
Median weekly household income 1,805 -- 1,214 -- 1,203 --

In Parramatta, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2 persons, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,805.

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Mortgage and rent
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Parramatta % Parramatta New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 440 -- 270 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 2,000 -- 1,733 -- 1,660 --

In Parramatta, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $440 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.

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Small random adjustments have been made to all cell values to protect the confidentiality of data. These adjustments may cause the sum of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from the table totals. For further information, go to the User Guide for QuickStats.

Data reported for Australia and Other Territories now includes Norfolk Island, following an amendment to the Acts Interpretation Act, 1901. Because Norfolk Island has not previously been included in the Census, any 2011 benchmarks will not include Norfolk Island.