Parramatta Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,226 people in Parramatta Park of these 53.0% were male and 47.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Parramatta Park was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.0% of the population.

Of people in Parramatta Park aged 15 years and over, 21.5% were married and 16.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Parramatta Park was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Parramatta Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 21.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Parramatta Park was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Parramatta Park 38.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 6.8% were in primary school, 15.8% in secondary school and 14.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Parramatta Park were Australian 19.9%, English 18.0%, Irish 6.7%, Scottish 5.7% and Japanese 3.4%.

In Parramatta Park, 49.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Japan 3.8%, New Zealand 2.9%, Korea, Republic of (South) 2.5%, England 2.4% and India 1.7%.

In Parramatta Park, 47.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 39.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Parramatta Park were No Religion 24.1%, Catholic 19.5%, Anglican 11.5%, Buddhism 3.3% and Uniting Church 3.1%.

In Parramatta Park 58.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Japanese 4.3%, Korean 2.0%, Mandarin 1.3%, Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 0.9% and German 0.8%.

Employment

There were 1,514 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Parramatta Park. Of these 57.0% were employed full time, 27.1% were employed part-time and 11.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Parramatta Park, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Parramatta Park was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 32 years.

The most common occupations in Parramatta Park included Professionals 20.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 19.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Labourers 11.2%, Sales Workers 9.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.5%, Managers 8.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Parramatta Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 8.3%, Accommodation 7.6%, Hospitals 5.6%, School Education 4.2% and Scenic and Sightseeing Transport 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Parramatta Park was $544.

In Parramatta Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.9%, Walked only 14.7%, Bicycle 9.2%, Car, as passenger 6.7% and Other 2.2%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 53.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Parramatta Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 11.8% provided care for children and 5.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.2% 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 Parramatta Park, 19.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 5.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Parramatta Park, 24.8% were couple families with children, 47.9% were couple families without children and 22.4% were one parent families.

In Parramatta Park 15.9% of single parents were male and 84.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Parramatta Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,924 and those without children was $1,518.

Employment status of couple families

In Parramatta Park, of couple families with children, 26.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 19.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Parramatta Park, 89.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Parramatta Park, 37.0% were separate houses, 7.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 54.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In Parramatta Park, of occupied private dwellings 15.9% had 1 bedroom, 43.2% had 2 bedrooms and 18.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Parramatta Park, 12.5% were owned outright, 16.9% were owned with a mortgage and 62.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Parramatta Park, of all households, 41.5% were family households, 45.3% were single person households and 13.2% were group households.

In Parramatta Park, 34.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Parramatta Park, 44.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 18.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Parramatta Park, there were 275 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 140 (or 50.9%) were male and 135 (or 49.1%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Parramatta Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $690.

In Parramatta Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,625.