Woolloomooloo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,716 people in Woolloomooloo of these 55.6% were male and 44.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Woolloomooloo was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 6.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population.

Of people in Woolloomooloo aged 15 years and over, 21.5% were married and 14.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Woolloomooloo was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Woolloomooloo, of people aged 15 years and over, 20.4% 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 Woolloomooloo was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Woolloomooloo 31.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 5.7% were in primary school, 4.6% in secondary school and 24.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Woolloomooloo were English 21.5%, Australian 14.2%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 6.4% and Chinese 3.5%.

In Woolloomooloo, 45.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.6%, New Zealand 4.0%, Vietnam 1.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.6% and United States of America 1.5%.

In Woolloomooloo, 37.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 52.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Woolloomooloo were No Religion 28.6%, Catholic 21.2%, Anglican 12.0%, Buddhism 3.6% and Eastern Orthodox 2.5%.

In Woolloomooloo 61.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 1.9%, Vietnamese 1.8%, Spanish 1.7%, Russian 1.6% and Mandarin 1.4%.

Employment

There were 2,000 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Woolloomooloo. Of these 69.8% were employed full time, 19.1% were employed part-time and 6.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Woolloomooloo, 5.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Woolloomooloo was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Woolloomooloo included Professionals 39.1%, Managers 20.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.8%, Sales Workers 6.2%, Labourers 4.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.0%.

Of the employed people in Woolloomooloo, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 5.8%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Defence 4.2% and Computer System Design and Related Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Woolloomooloo was $878.

In Woolloomooloo, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 43.6%, Car, as driver 18.4%, Train 9.1%, Bus 6.1% and Taxi 2.3%. On the day, 18.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 20.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Woolloomooloo, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 10.1% provided care for children and 7.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.6% 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 Woolloomooloo, 22.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 5.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Woolloomooloo, 15.3% were couple families with children, 60.6% were couple families without children and 21.3% were one parent families.

In Woolloomooloo 18.1% of single parents were male and 81.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Woolloomooloo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $3,233.

Employment status of couple families

In Woolloomooloo, of couple families with children, 37.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 11.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Woolloomooloo, 84.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woolloomooloo, 0.6% were separate houses, 22.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 76.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Woolloomooloo, of occupied private dwellings 30.2% had 1 bedroom, 38.3% had 2 bedrooms and 17.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1.8. The average household size was 1.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Woolloomooloo, 11.3% were owned outright, 13.7% were owned with a mortgage and 72.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Woolloomooloo, of all households, 40.0% were family households, 49.3% were single person households and 10.7% were group households.

In Woolloomooloo, 25.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.1% 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 Woolloomooloo, 40.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 9.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 1.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Woolloomooloo, there were 101 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 53 (or 52.5%) were male and 48 (or 47.5%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Woolloomooloo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $628.

In Woolloomooloo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.