Botany Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Botany (2019) is a suburb of Sydney, Eastern Suburbs, New South Wales. It is about 9 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Botany is in the federal electorate of Kingsford Smith.

In the 2011 census the population of Botany was 8,884 and is comprised of approximately 50.6% females and 49.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Botany is 37 years of age.

65.3% of people living in the suburb of Botany were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.1% England, 2.7% New Zealand, 1.8% Philippines, 1.3% Indonesia, 0.9% China , 0.9% Greece, 0.8% Italy, 0.7% Croatia, 0.7% South Africa, 0.6% Serbia, 0.6% Egypt, 0.6% Ireland, 0.6% India, 0.6% Scotland.

70.1% of people living in Botany speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.5% Greek, 2.2% Other, 2.2% Spanish, 1.4% Italian, 1.4% Indonesian, 1.4% Cantonese, 1.3% Croatian, 1.0% Mandarin.

The religious makeup of Botany is 39.8% Catholic, 16.3% Anglican, 13.7% No religion, 7.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.8% Eastern Orthodox, 2.3% Buddhism, 2.2% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.1% Uniting Church, 1.8% Judaism, 1.7% Islam.

48.9% of people are married, 33.0% have never married and 8.5% are divorced and 3.5% are separated. There are 424 widowed people living in Botany.

65.9% of the people living in Botany over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 25.0% are working on a part time basis. Botany has an unemployment rate of 3.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Botany are 20.1% Professionals, 19.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.2% Managers, 12.8% Technicians & trades workers, 10.1% Community & personal service workers, 8.6% Sales workers, 7.2% Labourers, 7.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Botany work in are 11.3% Health care and social assistance, 9.7% Transport, postal and warehousing, 8.1% Retail trade, 8.1% Public administration and safety, 7.9% Manufacturing, 7.0% Education and training, 7.0% Construction, 6.7% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.8% Wholesale trade.

26.6% of homes are fully owned, and 42.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 27.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $698 per week and the median household income is $1628 per week.

The median rent in Botany is $350 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2513 per month.

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