North Sydney - Mosman

Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

For the 2016 Census in North Sydney - Mosman, there were 253 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female.

View the data quality statements for: Place of Usual Residence (PURP) Indigenous status (INGP)

In North Sydney - Mosman, the median age of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people was 33 years. Of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 17.9% were children aged 0 to 14 years and 6.0% were people aged 65 years and over.

In North Sydney - Mosman, 24.5% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

In North Sydney - Mosman, 21.3% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in a registered marriage and 22.9% were in a de facto marriage.

Of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in North Sydney - Mosman, 28.9% were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.9% were attending a primary school, 24.3% were attending a secondary school and 36.5% were attending a tertiary or technical institution.

Of people aged 15 and over in North Sydney - Mosman, 15.7% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 11.9% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 10.0% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

Cultural & language diversity

English was the only language spoken at home by 89.0% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in North Sydney - Mosman. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in North Sydney - Mosman (including those who did not state an ancestry).

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in North Sydney - Mosman, the most common ancestries were Australian 43.9%, English 21.9%, Irish 10.7%, Australian Aboriginal 8.6% and Scottish 5.7%.

Employment

There were 158 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Sydney - Mosman. Of these 75.3% were employed full time, 15.8% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

For information on the Community Development Programme (CDP) please refer to the Census Data Dictionary. CDP data is available in TableBuilder.

The only responses for occupations for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in North Sydney - Mosman were Professionals 44.2%, Managers 17.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Sales Workers 6.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.4% and Inadequately described 2.0%.

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in North Sydney - Mosman, the most common industries of employment were Banking 12.0%, Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 10.0%, Defence 9.0%, Computer System Design and Related Services 6.0% and Central Government Administration 6.0%.

The median weekly personal income for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in North Sydney - Mosman was $1,138 and the median weekly household income was $2,411.

View the data quality statements for: Total personal income (INCP) Total household income (HIND)

In North Sydney - Mosman, of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 71.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.9% provided care for children and 14.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.1% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

View the data quality statements for: Unpaid domestic work (DOMP) Unpaid child care (CHCAREP) Unpaid assistance (UNCAREP) Voluntary work (VOLWP)

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

There has been change in methodology used to calculate the average number of persons per bedroom. To compare the time series for average number of persons per bedroom please refer to Understanding the Census and Census Data

In North Sydney - Mosman, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.2 persons, with 1.1 persons per bedroom and 1.2 registered motor vehicles per dwelling.

View the data quality statements for: Number of Bedrooms in Private Dwelling (BEDD) Household composition (HHCD) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)

In North Sydney - Mosman, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $535 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.

View the data quality statements for: Rent weekly payments (RNTD) Mortgage monthly repayments (MRED) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)

In North Sydney - Mosman, of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households, 29.5% were a couple family with no children, 20.5% were a couple family with children and 8.0% were a one parent family.

In multiple family households, only the family composition of the primary family is recorded. Other household includes lone person households and group households.

Dwelling structure

In North Sydney - Mosman there were 175 private dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Where a dwelling type was stated, 9.5% were separate houses, 11.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 77.4% were flats or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In North Sydney - Mosman, of dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 7.8% were owned outright, 18.6% were owned with a mortgage and 68.9% were rented.