Paddington (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 12,134 people in Paddington (NSW) of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Paddington (NSW) was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.3% of the population.

Of people in Paddington (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 34.4% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Paddington (NSW) was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Paddington (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 34.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Paddington (NSW) was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Paddington (NSW) 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.3% were in primary school, 8.7% in secondary school and 27.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Paddington (NSW) were English 27.2%, Australian 18.3%, Irish 10.8%, Scottish 8.0% and German 2.7%.

In Paddington (NSW), 57.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.9%, New Zealand 3.7%, United States of America 1.6%, South Africa 1.1% and Ireland 1.1%.

In Paddington (NSW), 42.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Paddington (NSW) were No Religion 30.3%, Catholic 21.6%, Anglican 17.9%, Eastern Orthodox 2.5% and Judaism 2.5%.

In Paddington (NSW) 77.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 1.4%, Greek 1.3%, Italian 1.1%, Spanish 0.9% and German 0.7%.

Employment

There were 7,377 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Paddington (NSW). Of these 70.7% were employed full time, 21.0% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Paddington (NSW), 7.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 63.0% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Paddington (NSW) included Professionals 46.7%, Managers 20.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.5%, Sales Workers 6.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.4%, Labourers 1.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.0%.

Of the employed people in Paddington (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 7.2%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 6.3%, Depository Financial Intermediation 4.1%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.0% and Advertising Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Paddington (NSW) was $1,225.

In Paddington (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 28.5%, Bus 19.7%, Walked only 17.7%, Train 5.1% and Car, as passenger 3.4%. On the day, 28.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 31.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Paddington (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.8% provided care for children and 8.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.1% 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 Paddington (NSW), 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Paddington (NSW), 35.8% were couple families with children, 51.3% were couple families without children and 10.3% were one parent families.

In Paddington (NSW) 17.9% of single parents were male and 82.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Paddington (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,698 and those without children was $3,370.

Employment status of couple families

In Paddington (NSW), of couple families with children, 33.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 19.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Paddington (NSW), 88.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Paddington (NSW), 6.3% were separate houses, 61.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 30.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Paddington (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 17.9% had 1 bedroom, 29.1% had 2 bedrooms and 33.2% 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 Paddington (NSW), 26.1% were owned outright, 25.0% were owned with a mortgage and 46.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Paddington (NSW), of all households, 52.0% were family households, 36.3% were single person households and 11.7% were group households.

In Paddington (NSW), 13.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 29.7% 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 Paddington (NSW), 50.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 20.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 3.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Paddington (NSW), there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 56.7%) were male and 13 (or 43.3%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Paddington (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,833.

In Paddington (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $444 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,217.