North Shore

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 77,906 people in North Shore of these 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in North Shore was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.8% of the population.

Of people in North Shore aged 15 years and over, 43.8% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Shore was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In North Shore, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Shore was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In North Shore 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.3% were in primary school, 13.8% in secondary school and 28.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Shore were English 26.2%, Australian 18.3%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 7.7% and Chinese 4.9%.

In North Shore, 55.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.6%, New Zealand 3.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.9%, United States of America 1.7% and South Africa 1.6%.

In North Shore, 40.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 45.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Shore were No Religion 27.5%, Catholic 23.6%, Anglican 19.1%, Buddhism 2.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6%.

In North Shore 73.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 2.2%, Mandarin 2.0%, Japanese 1.6%, Spanish 1.0% and French 0.9%.

Employment

There were 46,207 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Shore. Of these 70.1% were employed full time, 21.7% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Shore, 7.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Shore was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in North Shore included Professionals 43.1%, Managers 20.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Sales Workers 6.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.2%, Labourers 1.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.8%.

Of the employed people in North Shore, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 6.2%, Computer System Design and Related Services 5.3%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 5.1%, Depository Financial Intermediation 4.1% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Shore was $1,195.

In North Shore, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 33.1%, Bus 14.7%, Train 12.0%, Walked only 10.6% and Ferry 3.0%. On the day, 35.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 36.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Shore, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.3% provided care for children and 8.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.8% 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 North Shore, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Shore, 34.7% were couple families with children, 53.1% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

In North Shore 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Shore, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,469 and those without children was $3,200.

Employment status of couple families

In North Shore, of couple families with children, 32.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 17.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Shore, 88.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Shore, 19.4% were separate houses, 13.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 66.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In North Shore, of occupied private dwellings 20.6% had 1 bedroom, 39.4% had 2 bedrooms and 24.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Shore, 27.1% were owned outright, 23.5% were owned with a mortgage and 47.0% were rented.

Household composition

In North Shore, of all households, 57.3% were family households, 36.2% were single person households and 6.5% were group households.

In North Shore, 12.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 26.4% 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 North Shore, 51.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Shore, there were 147 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 77 (or 52.4%) were male and 70 (or 47.6%) were female. The median age was 30 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 North Shore, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,922.

In North Shore, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $410 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $5,500.