Redfern

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 12,034 people in Redfern of these 56.2% were male and 43.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Redfern was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 6.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.4% of the population.

Of people in Redfern aged 15 years and over, 22.5% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Redfern was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Redfern, of people aged 15 years and over, 21.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Redfern was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Redfern 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 6.4% were in primary school, 4.6% in secondary school and 36.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Redfern were English 20.0%, Australian 16.0%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 6.2% and Chinese 5.9%.

In Redfern, 49.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.7%, New Zealand 3.6%, Ireland 1.1% and Greece 1.1%.

In Redfern, 37.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 50.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Redfern were No Religion 34.5%, Catholic 18.9%, Anglican 9.1%, Eastern Orthodox 3.9% and Buddhism 3.8%.

In Redfern 61.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 2.8%, Cantonese 2.7%, Greek 2.1%, Russian 2.0% and Arabic 1.7%.

Employment

There were 6,995 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Redfern. Of these 69.0% were employed full time, 21.2% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Redfern, 6.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Redfern was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 32 years.

The most common occupations in Redfern included Professionals 38.5%, Managers 15.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.4%, Sales Workers 7.1%, Labourers 4.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in Redfern, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.1%, Tertiary Education 4.0%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.6%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.3% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Redfern was $810.

In Redfern, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 23.1%, Walked only 19.2%, Train 16.7%, Bus 12.3% and Bicycle 5.6%. On the day, 33.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 25.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Redfern, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 11.7% provided care for children and 7.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.5% 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 Redfern, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 5.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Redfern, 21.6% were couple families with children, 60.2% were couple families without children and 13.7% were one parent families.

In Redfern 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Redfern, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,113 and those without children was $2,803.

Employment status of couple families

In Redfern, of couple families with children, 38.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 15.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Redfern, 92.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Redfern, 7.5% were separate houses, 26.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 65.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Redfern, of occupied private dwellings 22.3% had 1 bedroom, 45.4% had 2 bedrooms and 20.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.1. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Redfern, 13.7% were owned outright, 24.5% were owned with a mortgage and 58.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Redfern, of all households, 42.4% were family households, 41.0% were single person households and 16.6% were group households.

In Redfern, 28.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.1% 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 Redfern, 42.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 12.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 2.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Redfern, there were 288 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 140 (or 48.6%) were male and 148 (or 51.4%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Redfern, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $777.

In Redfern, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $160 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,467.