North Sydney

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,258 people in North Sydney of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in North Sydney was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.0% of the population.

Of people in North Sydney aged 15 years and over, 38.7% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Sydney was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In North Sydney, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Sydney was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In North Sydney 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 10.9% were in primary school, 14.9% in secondary school and 33.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Sydney were English 23.2%, Australian 16.3%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 6.8% and Chinese 6.6%.

In North Sydney, 50.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.3%, India 3.5%, New Zealand 2.8%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.7% and Japan 2.2%.

In North Sydney, 36.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 51.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Sydney were No Religion 28.1%, Catholic 23.0%, Anglican 15.1%, Buddhism 3.8% and Hinduism 3.6%.

In North Sydney 65.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.2%, Cantonese 3.1%, Japanese 2.4%, Spanish 1.5% and Korean 1.4%.

Employment

There were 3,868 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Sydney. Of these 71.4% were employed full time, 19.7% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Sydney, 6.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Sydney was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in North Sydney included Professionals 44.6%, Managers 19.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.6%, Sales Workers 5.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.4%, Labourers 2.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.8%.

Of the employed people in North Sydney, the most common responses for industry of employment included Computer System Design and Related Services 7.9%, Legal and Accounting Services 5.1%, Depository Financial Intermediation 4.8%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 4.7% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Sydney was $1,146.

In North Sydney, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 23.9%, Walked only 20.2%, Train 19.9%, Bus 12.1% and Train, bus 2.8%. On the day, 37.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 26.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Sydney, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.3% provided care for children and 7.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.5% 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 Sydney, 28.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Sydney, 27.5% were couple families with children, 60.3% were couple families without children and 8.7% were one parent families.

In North Sydney 14.5% of single parents were male and 85.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Sydney, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,286 and those without children was $3,052.

Employment status of couple families

In North Sydney, of couple families with children, 35.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 15.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Sydney, 87.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Sydney, 10.0% were separate houses, 14.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 74.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In North Sydney, of occupied private dwellings 27.2% had 1 bedroom, 35.3% had 2 bedrooms and 20.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1.9. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Sydney, 18.3% were owned outright, 20.1% were owned with a mortgage and 57.0% were rented.

Household composition

In North Sydney, of all households, 51.6% were family households, 40.7% were single person households and 7.7% were group households.

In North Sydney, 12.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.9% 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 Sydney, 52.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 16.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 2.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Sydney, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 62.5%) were male and 6 (or 37.5%) 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 North Sydney, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,583.

In North Sydney, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $5,000.