Pyrmont Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Pyrmont (2009) is a suburb of Sydney, Sydney City, New South Wales. It is about 1 km from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Pyrmont is in the federal electorate of Sydney.

In the 2011 census the population of Pyrmont was 11,618 and is comprised of approximately 49.1% females and 50.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Pyrmont is 32 years of age.

39.5% of people living in the suburb of Pyrmont were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 6.3% China , 5.8% England, 2.9% Korea, Republic of , 2.9% New Zealand, 2.2% Malaysia, 2.0% India, 2.0% Indonesia, 1.7% Thailand, 1.6% Hong Kong , 1.4% Ireland, 1.4% Japan, 1.4% Philippines, 1.3% United States of America, 1.2% Vietnam.

53.3% of people living in Pyrmont speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 11.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 6.7% Mandarin, 5.2% Cantonese, 2.8% Korean, 2.0% Other, 1.8% Thai, 1.6% Japanese, 1.5% Indonesian, 1.3% Spanish.

The religious makeup of Pyrmont is 31.8% No religion, 21.6% Catholic, 13.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 9.6% Anglican, 7.0% Buddhism, 2.2% Eastern Orthodox, 2.0% Uniting Church, 2.0% Hinduism, 1.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.5% Christian, nfd.

36.4% of people are married, 51.6% have never married and 7.8% are divorced and 2.6% are separated. There are 167 widowed people living in Pyrmont.

72.5% of the people living in Pyrmont over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 18.5% are working on a part time basis. Pyrmont has an unemployment rate of 5.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Pyrmont are 38.4% Professionals, 20.3% Managers, 13.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 8.0% Community & personal service workers, 6.9% Technicians & trades workers, 6.3% Sales workers, 3.1% Labourers, 2.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 1.2% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Pyrmont work in are 18.2% Professional, scientific and technical services, 14.9% Financial and insurance services, 9.5% Accommodation and food services, 6.4% Retail trade, 6.1% Information media and telecommunications, 5.9% Health care and social assistance, 4.6% Administrative and support services, 4.6% Public administration and safety, 4.4% Education and training.

14.4% of homes are fully owned, and 22.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 60.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $1095 per week and the median household income is $2186 per week.

The median rent in Pyrmont is $577 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2704 per month.

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