North Strathfield

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,441 people in North Strathfield of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in North Strathfield was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.2% of the population.

Of people in North Strathfield aged 15 years and over, 48.3% were married and 7.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Strathfield was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In North Strathfield, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Strathfield was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In North Strathfield 35.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.9% were in primary school, 16.8% in secondary school and 26.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Strathfield were Chinese 16.4%, Australian 12.1%, English 10.8%, Korean 6.8% and Italian 6.8%.

In North Strathfield, 42.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 10.1%, Korea, Republic of (South) 6.3%, India 4.6%, Italy 2.1% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.6%.

In North Strathfield, 23.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 67.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Strathfield were Catholic 28.4%, No Religion 20.7%, Anglican 7.8%, Hinduism 5.7% and Buddhism 5.1%.

In North Strathfield 42.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 9.9%, Korean 7.7%, Cantonese 6.4%, Italian 3.7% and Tamil 1.8%.

Employment

There were 2,324 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Strathfield. Of these 66.8% were employed full time, 22.4% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Strathfield, 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Strathfield was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in North Strathfield included Professionals 30.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.4%, Managers 12.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Sales Workers 7.8%, Labourers 6.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in North Strathfield, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 6.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.3%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.6%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.4% and Hospitals 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Strathfield was $717.

In North Strathfield, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.7%, Train 29.7%, Walked only 3.5%, Car, as passenger 3.4% and Train, bus 1.8%. On the day, 34.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 48.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Strathfield, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.6% 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, 13.3% 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 Strathfield, 22.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Strathfield, 48.9% were couple families with children, 34.6% were couple families without children and 13.3% were one parent families.

In North Strathfield 14.9% of single parents were male and 85.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Strathfield, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,412 and those without children was $2,379.

Employment status of couple families

In North Strathfield, of couple families with children, 31.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 18.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Strathfield, 94.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Strathfield, 37.0% were separate houses, 6.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 55.3% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

In North Strathfield, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 44.0% had 2 bedrooms and 38.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Strathfield, 23.9% were owned outright, 31.3% were owned with a mortgage and 42.2% were rented.

Household composition

In North Strathfield, of all households, 69.4% were family households, 21.4% were single person households and 9.2% were group households.

In North Strathfield, 16.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.3% 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 Strathfield, 49.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Strathfield, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 20.0%) were male and 16 (or 80.0%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Strathfield, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,166.

In North Strathfield, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $223 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.