Regents Park Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Regents Park (2143) is a suburb of Sydney, Canterbury/Bankstown, New South Wales. It is about 17 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Regents Park is in the federal electorate of Blaxland.

In the 2011 census the population of Regents Park was 4,511 and is comprised of approximately 49.9% females and 50.1% males.

The median/average age of the population of Regents Park is 34 years of age.

43.0% of people living in the suburb of Regents Park were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 9.0% Vietnam, 7.1% China , 3.1% Lebanon, 1.9% New Zealand, 1.8% India, 1.6% Philippines, 1.4% Sri Lanka, 1.4% Afghanistan, 1.2% Korea, Republic of , 0.9% Turkey, 0.9% Fiji, 0.8% Iraq, 0.8% Hong Kong , 0.7% Malaysia.

28.1% of people living in Regents Park speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 12.2% Arabic, 11.3% Cantonese, 7.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 7.4% Mandarin, 6.9% Vietnamese, 4.6% Other, 1.8% Turkish, 1.8% Croatian, 1.6% Tamil.

The religious makeup of Regents Park is 23.6% Catholic, 17.9% Islam, 12.6% Buddhism, 11.2% No religion, 9.5% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.7% Anglican, 2.5% Eastern Orthodox, 2.5% Hinduism, 2.4% Uniting Church, 2.3% Baptist.

51.7% of people are married, 32.3% have never married and 7.6% are divorced and 3.2% are separated. There are 186 widowed people living in Regents Park.

60.2% of the people living in Regents Park over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 23.4% are working on a part time basis. Regents Park has an unemployment rate of 9.5%.

The main occupations of people living in Regents Park are 16.7% Professionals, 16.3% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.1% Technicians & trades workers, 13.6% Labourers, 9.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.9% Managers, 8.4% Community & personal service workers, 7.5% Sales workers, 3.6% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Regents Park work in are 14.1% Manufacturing, 10.3% Retail trade, 9.7% Health care and social assistance, 6.9% Construction, 6.4% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.4% Education and training, 6.3% Accommodation and food services, 6.2% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.8% Inadequately described/Not stated.

27.2% of homes are fully owned, and 29.4% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 38.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $405 per week and the median household income is $974 per week.

The median rent in Regents Park is $300 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1732 per month.

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