Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 263,560 people in Sydney - Inner West of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Sydney - Inner West was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.9% of the population.

Of people in Sydney - Inner West aged 15 years and over, 47.2% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sydney - Inner West was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Sydney - Inner West, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sydney - Inner West was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Sydney - Inner West 30.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.5% were in primary school, 16.7% in secondary school and 30.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sydney - Inner West were English 16.6%, Australian 15.7%, Chinese 10.3%, Italian 8.2% and Irish 7.5%.

In Sydney - Inner West, 53.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 6.7%, Italy 3.4%, England 3.2%, India 2.8% and Korea, Republic of (South) 2.5%.

In Sydney - Inner West, 31.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 57.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sydney - Inner West were Catholic 31.9%, No Religion 23.6%, Anglican 9.6%, Eastern Orthodox 4.8% and Hinduism 4.5%.

In Sydney - Inner West 54.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 5.9%, Italian 5.7%, Cantonese 4.3%, Korean 2.9% and Greek 2.7%.

Employment

There were 142,439 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sydney - Inner West. Of these 63.4% were employed full time, 26.2% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sydney - Inner West, 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sydney - Inner West was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Sydney - Inner West included Professionals 33.6%, Managers 15.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.4%, Sales Workers 8.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8%, Labourers 5.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Sydney - Inner West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, School Education 4.0%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.8%, Hospitals 3.4% and Depository Financial Intermediation 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sydney - Inner West was $723.

In Sydney - Inner West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 45.1%, Train 13.7%, Bus 8.5%, Walked only 3.7% and Car, as passenger 3.7%. On the day, 29.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 48.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sydney - Inner West, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.7% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.4% 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 Sydney - Inner West, 25.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sydney - Inner West, 45.8% were couple families with children, 37.7% were couple families without children and 13.8% were one parent families.

In Sydney - Inner West 15.6% of single parents were male and 84.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sydney - Inner West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,999 and those without children was $2,582.

Employment status of couple families

In Sydney - Inner West, of couple families with children, 26.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 20.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sydney - Inner West, 93.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sydney - Inner West, 43.2% were separate houses, 16.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 39.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Sydney - Inner West, of occupied private dwellings 8.3% had 1 bedroom, 39.2% had 2 bedrooms and 32.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sydney - Inner West, 29.7% were owned outright, 30.5% were owned with a mortgage and 36.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Sydney - Inner West, of all households, 68.7% were family households, 24.9% were single person households and 6.4% were group households.

In Sydney - Inner West, 18.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.5% 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 Sydney - Inner West, 45.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sydney - Inner West, there were 1,584 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 748 (or 47.2%) were male and 836 (or 52.8%) 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 thepersons per bedroom correction page.

In Sydney - Inner West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,347.

In Sydney - Inner West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,817.