Sydney (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 37,555 people were counted in Sydney (C): of these 54.5% were male and 45.5% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Sydney (C) there were 3,481 children aged 0-14 years and 6,072 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Sydney (C), 15,969 people were Australian citizens, 13,808 were born overseas and 9,649 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Sydney (C), 39.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.3% were separated or divorced, 3.5% were widowed and 46.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Sydney (C), 29.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Sydney (C) were Indonesia 5.3%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 4.8%, England 3.9%, New Zealand 2.6% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2.2%.

Of all people counted in Sydney (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 16.5%, Catholic 16.0%, Anglican 9.2%, Buddhism 6.8% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Sydney (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 6.1%, Mandarin 4.9%, Indonesian 4.5%, Korean 1.7% and Japanese 1.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 38.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 17,124 people aged 15 years and over in Sydney (C) were in the labour force. Of these 70.4% worked full-time, 22.0% worked part-time, 1.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.1% were unemployed. 6,394 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Sydney (C), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 14.3%, Managers and Administrators 8.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.3%, Associate Professionals 7.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 1.8%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 1.3% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Sydney (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 10.5%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.0%, Finance 2.7%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.5% and Food Retailing 1.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Sydney (C), 4,923 families were counted: of these, 56.4% were couple families without children, 18.5% were couple families with children, 12.6% were one parent families and 12.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Sydney (C), 14,125 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Sydney (C), 0.2% were separate houses, 5.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 91.3% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Sydney (C), 12.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 9.0% were being purchased and 50.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Sydney (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 60.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 10.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 27.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Sydney (C), 34.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 25.6% were single (or lone) person households and 10.7% were group households.