Potts Point - Woolloomooloo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 18,038 people in Potts Point - Woolloomooloo of these 54.1% were male and 45.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Potts Point - Woolloomooloo was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 4.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.4% of the population.

Of people in Potts Point - Woolloomooloo aged 15 years and over, 19.4% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Potts Point - Woolloomooloo was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Potts Point - Woolloomooloo, of people aged 15 years and over, 18.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 22.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Potts Point - Woolloomooloo was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Potts Point - Woolloomooloo 28.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 3.3% were in primary school, 4.2% in secondary school and 28.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Potts Point - Woolloomooloo were English 23.5%, Australian 14.2%, Irish 10.1%, Scottish 7.4% and German 3.5%.

In Potts Point - Woolloomooloo, 48.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.4%, New Zealand 4.5%, United States of America 1.8%, Germany 1.2% and France 1.2%.

In Potts Point - Woolloomooloo, 39.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 47.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Potts Point - Woolloomooloo were No Religion 32.9%, Catholic 20.4%, Anglican 12.0%, Buddhism 3.1% and Eastern Orthodox 1.8%.

In Potts Point - Woolloomooloo 67.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 1.7%, Spanish 1.6%, Italian 1.2%, German 1.0% and Mandarin 1.0%.

Employment

There were 11,553 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Potts Point - Woolloomooloo. Of these 73.7% were employed full time, 18.0% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Potts Point - Woolloomooloo, 5.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 63.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Potts Point - Woolloomooloo was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Potts Point - Woolloomooloo included Professionals 40.2%, Managers 18.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.6%, Sales Workers 6.7%, Labourers 2.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.9%.

Of the employed people in Potts Point - Woolloomooloo, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 6.0%, Defence 5.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 3.9% and Depository Financial Intermediation 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Potts Point - Woolloomooloo was $1,105.

In Potts Point - Woolloomooloo, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 30.9%, Train 18.2%, Car, as driver 17.8%, Bus 6.4% and Taxi 2.8%. On the day, 29.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 20.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Potts Point - Woolloomooloo, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 9.0% provided care for children and 6.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.1% 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 Potts Point - Woolloomooloo, 23.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Potts Point - Woolloomooloo, 14.3% were couple families with children, 73.5% were couple families without children and 9.5% were one parent families.

In Potts Point - Woolloomooloo 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Potts Point - Woolloomooloo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,117 and those without children was $3,081.

Employment status of couple families

In Potts Point - Woolloomooloo, of couple families with children, 41.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 14.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Potts Point - Woolloomooloo, 84.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Potts Point - Woolloomooloo, 0.5% were separate houses, 6.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 93.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Potts Point - Woolloomooloo, of occupied private dwellings 40.6% had 1 bedroom, 32.2% had 2 bedrooms and 8.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1.4. The average household size was 1.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Potts Point - Woolloomooloo, 16.2% were owned outright, 18.2% were owned with a mortgage and 63.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Potts Point - Woolloomooloo, of all households, 34.8% were family households, 56.4% were single person households and 8.7% were group households.

In Potts Point - Woolloomooloo, 17.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.5% 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 Potts Point - Woolloomooloo, 40.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 7.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 1.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Potts Point - Woolloomooloo, there were 189 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 100 (or 52.9%) were male and 89 (or 47.1%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Potts Point - Woolloomooloo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,083.

In Potts Point - Woolloomooloo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $368 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.