Croydon Park (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,742 people in Croydon Park (NSW) of these 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Croydon Park (NSW) was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.8% of the population.

Of people in Croydon Park (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 50.1% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Croydon Park (NSW) was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Croydon Park (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 50.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Croydon Park (NSW) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Croydon Park (NSW) 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.1% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 24.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Croydon Park (NSW) were Italian 14.3%, Australian 13.4%, English 11.6%, Chinese 8.8% and Lebanese 6.8%.

In Croydon Park (NSW), 56.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 5.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5.3%, Lebanon 3.3%, New Zealand 1.6% and Korea, Republic of (South) 1.5%.

In Croydon Park (NSW), 26.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 61.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Croydon Park (NSW) were Catholic 43.9%, No Religion 14.4%, Anglican 8.8%, Eastern Orthodox 7.6% and Buddhism 3.4%.

In Croydon Park (NSW) 47.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 10.0%, Arabic 7.6%, Mandarin 4.8%, Cantonese 4.0% and Greek 3.9%.

Employment

There were 5,421 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Croydon Park (NSW). Of these 58.8% were employed full time, 28.7% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Croydon Park (NSW), 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Croydon Park (NSW) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Croydon Park (NSW) included Professionals 24.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.8%, Managers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Labourers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Croydon Park (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Hospitals 3.6%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.0% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Croydon Park (NSW) was $559.

In Croydon Park (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.2%, Train 6.5%, Train, bus 5.7%, Car, as passenger 4.5% and Bus 4.2%. On the day, 20.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Croydon Park (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 68.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.2% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.7% 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 Croydon Park (NSW), 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Croydon Park (NSW), 51.2% were couple families with children, 29.5% were couple families without children and 17.6% were one parent families.

In Croydon Park (NSW) 14.5% of single parents were male and 85.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Croydon Park (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,408 and those without children was $2,224.

Employment status of couple families

In Croydon Park (NSW), of couple families with children, 21.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 20.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Croydon Park (NSW), 94.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Croydon Park (NSW), 56.2% were separate houses, 16.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 26.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Croydon Park (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 5.5% had 1 bedroom, 33.7% had 2 bedrooms and 37.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Croydon Park (NSW), 32.8% were owned outright, 32.9% were owned with a mortgage and 31.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Croydon Park (NSW), of all households, 72.6% were family households, 24.3% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Croydon Park (NSW), 23.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.5% 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 Croydon Park (NSW), 39.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Croydon Park (NSW), there were 61 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 26 (or 42.6%) were male and 35 (or 57.4%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Croydon Park (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,583.

In Croydon Park (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $485 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,817.