Sydenham

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 7,554 people were counted in Sydenham: of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Sydenham there were 2,170 children aged 0-14 years and 651 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Sydenham, 6,559 people were Australian citizens, 2,205 were born overseas and 27 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Sydenham, 60.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.8% were separated or divorced, 4.0% were widowed and 27.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Sydenham, 63.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Sydenham were Philippines 2.5%, Malta 2.2%, Croatia 1.9%, India 1.9% and Italy 1.9%.

Of all people counted in Sydenham on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 44.9%, Orthodox 9.6%, No Religion 9.6%, Anglican 8.1% and Islam 4.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Sydenham, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 4.2%, Macedonian 4.0%, Croatian 3.7%, Maltese 3.4% and Tagalog (Filipino) 2.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 55.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,697 people aged 15 years and over in Sydenham were in the labour force. Of these 65.9% worked full-time, 24.5% worked part-time, 3.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.1% were unemployed. 1,297 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Sydenham, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 8.1%, Professionals 7.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.6%, Associate Professionals 6.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.2%, Managers and Administrators 3.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Sydenham, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.5%, Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 4.8%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.5%, Food Retailing 3.4% and Construction Trade Services 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Sydenham, 2,012 families were counted: of these, 23.9% were couple families without children, 62.8% were couple families with children, 12.2% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Sydenham, 2,289 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Sydenham, 89.5% were separate houses, 7.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Sydenham, 29.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 49.8% were being purchased and 11.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Sydenham, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 61.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 2.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 35.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Sydenham, 85.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 9.3% were single (or lone) person households and 1.7% were group households.