Pyrmont

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,618 people in Pyrmont of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Pyrmont was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 8.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.1% of the population.

Of people in Pyrmont aged 15 years and over, 36.4% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pyrmont was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Pyrmont, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pyrmont was 40 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Pyrmont 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 9.0% were in primary school, 5.5% in secondary school and 34.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pyrmont were English 18.1%, Chinese 13.9%, Australian 11.9%, Irish 7.0% and Scottish 4.6%.

In Pyrmont, 39.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 6.3%, England 5.8%, Korea, Republic of (South) 2.9%, New Zealand 2.9% and Malaysia 2.2%.

In Pyrmont, 25.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 65.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pyrmont were No Religion 31.8%, Catholic 21.6%, Anglican 9.5%, Buddhism 7.0% and Eastern Orthodox 2.2%.

In Pyrmont 53.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 6.7%, Cantonese 5.2%, Korean 2.8%, Thai 1.8% and Japanese 1.6%.

Employment

There were 7,433 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pyrmont. Of these 72.4% were employed full time, 18.5% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pyrmont, 5.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 61.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pyrmont was 33 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Pyrmont included Professionals 38.4%, Managers 20.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.9%, Sales Workers 6.4%, Labourers 3.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.2%.

Of the employed people in Pyrmont, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.1%, Legal and Accounting Services 5.8%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 5.2%, Depository Financial Intermediation 5.1% and Computer System Design and Related Services 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pyrmont was $1,095.

In Pyrmont, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 37.6%, Car, as driver 23.6%, Bus 9.6%, Train 4.5% and Car, as passenger 2.6%. On the day, 20.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 26.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pyrmont, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 14.5% provided care for children and 5.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.1% 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 Pyrmont, 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pyrmont, 23.7% were couple families with children, 61.5% were couple families without children and 10.9% were one parent families.

In Pyrmont 15.7% of single parents were male and 84.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pyrmont, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,222 and those without children was $3,201.

Employment status of couple families

In Pyrmont, of couple families with children, 38.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 14.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pyrmont, 89.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pyrmont, 0.2% were separate houses, 5.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 93.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Pyrmont, of occupied private dwellings 24.2% had 1 bedroom, 51.0% had 2 bedrooms and 21.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pyrmont, 14.5% were owned outright, 22.8% were owned with a mortgage and 60.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Pyrmont, of all households, 56.5% were family households, 30.3% were single person households and 13.3% were group households.

In Pyrmont, 13.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 26.5% 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 Pyrmont, 52.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 15.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 2.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pyrmont, there were 104 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 47 (or 45.2%) were male and 57 (or 54.8%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Pyrmont, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,208.

In Pyrmont, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $370 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $9,999.