Centennial Park (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,106 people in Centennial Park (NSW) of these 46.9% were male and 53.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Centennial Park (NSW) was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.0% of the population.

Of people in Centennial Park (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 27.6% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Centennial Park (NSW) was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Centennial Park (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 27.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Centennial Park (NSW) was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Centennial Park (NSW) 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 11.1% were in primary school, 11.1% in secondary school and 38.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Centennial Park (NSW) were English 23.8%, Australian 17.5%, Irish 12.2%, Scottish 7.8% and Italian 2.8%.

In Centennial Park (NSW), 57.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.8%, New Zealand 2.7%, Ireland 1.9%, United States of America 1.5% and France 1.2%.

In Centennial Park (NSW), 42.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Centennial Park (NSW) were No Religion 29.2%, Catholic 24.9%, Anglican 14.7%, Judaism 4.9% and Eastern Orthodox 2.9%.

In Centennial Park (NSW) 74.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 1.9%, French 1.5%, Greek 1.4%, Thai 1.1% and Mandarin 1.1%.

Employment

There were 1,404 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Centennial Park (NSW). Of these 72.6% were employed full time, 20.9% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Centennial Park (NSW), 6.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Centennial Park (NSW) was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Centennial Park (NSW) included Professionals 40.4%, Managers 17.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Sales Workers 7.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.7%, Labourers 2.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.6%.

Of the employed people in Centennial Park (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 6.1%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 4.3%, Hospitals 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5% and Tertiary Education 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Centennial Park (NSW) was $1,125.

In Centennial Park (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 34.0%, Bus 26.3%, Walked only 10.4%, Train, bus 3.9% and Car, as passenger 3.1%. On the day, 33.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 36.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Centennial Park (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.7% provided care for children and 7.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.1% 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 Centennial Park (NSW), 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Centennial Park (NSW), 28.2% were couple families with children, 56.2% were couple families without children and 11.6% were one parent families.

In Centennial Park (NSW) 18.5% of single parents were male and 81.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Centennial Park (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,528 and those without children was $2,650.

Employment status of couple families

In Centennial Park (NSW), of couple families with children, 36.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 21.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Centennial Park (NSW), 86.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Centennial Park (NSW), 9.4% were separate houses, 9.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 80.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Centennial Park (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 28.4% had 1 bedroom, 39.7% had 2 bedrooms and 10.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1.9. The average household size was 1.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Centennial Park (NSW), 20.4% were owned outright, 24.5% were owned with a mortgage and 52.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Centennial Park (NSW), of all households, 42.3% were family households, 47.3% were single person households and 10.4% were group households.

In Centennial Park (NSW), 14.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.0% 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 Centennial Park (NSW), 52.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 17.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Centennial Park (NSW), there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Centennial Park (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,233.

In Centennial Park (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $438 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.