Strathfield South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,211 people in Strathfield South of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Strathfield South was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population.

Of people in Strathfield South aged 15 years and over, 53.9% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Strathfield South was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Strathfield South, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Strathfield South was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Strathfield South 32.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.4% were in primary school, 22.1% in secondary school and 26.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Strathfield South were Chinese 12.3%, Australian 11.8%, Italian 9.6%, English 8.9% and Lebanese 6.2%.

In Strathfield South, 51.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5.3%, Sri Lanka 4.9%, Korea, Republic of (South) 4.8%, India 4.1% and Italy 2.7%.

In Strathfield South, 22.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 68.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Strathfield South were Catholic 37.9%, No Religion 11.7%, Hinduism 9.1%, Anglican 6.9% and Eastern Orthodox 6.6%.

In Strathfield South 41.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 8.1%, Korean 6.7%, Arabic 6.6%, Tamil 5.7% and Italian 5.5%.

Employment

There were 1,683 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Strathfield South. Of these 61.3% were employed full time, 27.3% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Strathfield South, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Strathfield South was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Strathfield South included Professionals 27.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.6%, Managers 11.6%, Sales Workers 9.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8%, Labourers 6.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Strathfield South, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.5%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.2% and Hospitals 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Strathfield South was $565.

In Strathfield South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.3%, Train, bus 9.4%, Train 7.1%, Bus 3.5% and Car, as passenger 3.5%. On the day, 25.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Strathfield South, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.8% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.8% 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 Strathfield South, 23.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Strathfield South, 56.2% were couple families with children, 26.0% were couple families without children and 15.9% were one parent families.

In Strathfield South 15.5% of single parents were male and 84.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Strathfield South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,489 and those without children was $2,130.

Employment status of couple families

In Strathfield South, of couple families with children, 26.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 19.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Strathfield South, 95.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Strathfield South, 65.3% were separate houses, 17.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.6% were other dwellings.

In Strathfield South, of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 28.3% had 2 bedrooms and 41.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Strathfield South, 33.5% were owned outright, 38.0% were owned with a mortgage and 25.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Strathfield South, of all households, 78.5% were family households, 18.6% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Strathfield South, 18.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.4% 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 Strathfield South, 38.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Strathfield South, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 57.1%) were male and 6 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 56 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 Strathfield South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,224.

In Strathfield South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $235 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.