Regents Park (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,511 people in Regents Park (NSW) of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Regents Park (NSW) was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.9% of the population.

Of people in Regents Park (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 51.7% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Regents Park (NSW) was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Regents Park (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 49.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Regents Park (NSW) was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Regents Park (NSW) 34.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.0% were in primary school, 20.2% in secondary school and 22.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Regents Park (NSW) were Chinese 19.4%, Australian 9.0%, English 8.9%, Lebanese 6.7% and Vietnamese 5.5%.

In Regents Park (NSW), 43.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 9.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 7.1%, Lebanon 3.1%, New Zealand 2.0% and India 1.9%.

In Regents Park (NSW), 16.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 77.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Regents Park (NSW) were Catholic 23.7%, Islam 17.9%, Buddhism 12.6%, No Religion 11.2% and Anglican 5.6%.

In Regents Park (NSW) 28.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 12.2%, Cantonese 11.3%, Mandarin 7.4%, Vietnamese 6.9% and Croatian 1.8%.

Employment

There were 1,821 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Regents Park (NSW). Of these 60.3% were employed full time, 23.4% were employed part-time and 9.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Regents Park (NSW), 8.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Regents Park (NSW) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Regents Park (NSW) included Professionals 16.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Labourers 13.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.0%, Managers 8.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5% and Sales Workers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Regents Park (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, School Education 3.2%, Hospitals 2.7%, Residential Care Services 2.1% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Regents Park (NSW) was $405.

In Regents Park (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.5%, Train 18.1%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Walked only 2.6% and Train, car as driver 1.6%. On the day, 23.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Regents Park (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 57.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.0% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.8% 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 Regents Park (NSW), 19.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Regents Park (NSW), 53.0% were couple families with children, 24.0% were couple families without children and 20.7% were one parent families.

In Regents Park (NSW) 15.6% of single parents were male and 84.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Regents Park (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,129 and those without children was $1,828.

Employment status of couple families

In Regents Park (NSW), of couple families with children, 20.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.0% had both employed part-time and 10.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Regents Park (NSW), 94.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Regents Park (NSW), 58.2% were separate houses, 15.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 25.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Regents Park (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 34.5% had 2 bedrooms and 38.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Regents Park (NSW), 27.1% were owned outright, 29.5% were owned with a mortgage and 38.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Regents Park (NSW), of all households, 76.0% were family households, 20.6% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Regents Park (NSW), 29.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.7% 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 Regents Park (NSW), 40.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Regents Park (NSW), there were 33 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 33.3%) were male and 22 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Regents Park (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Regents Park (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $90 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.