Double Bay Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Double Bay (2028) is a suburb of Sydney, Eastern Suburbs, New South Wales. It is about 4 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Double Bay is in the federal electorate of Wentworth.

In the 2011 census the population of Double Bay was 4,687 and is comprised of approximately 56.3% females and 43.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Double Bay is 38 years of age.

56.7% of people living in the suburb of Double Bay were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.5% England, 3.4% South Africa, 3.1% New Zealand, 1.6% United States of America, 1.1% Ireland, 1.0% Hungary, 0.9% Hong Kong , 0.8% Germany, 0.8% China , 0.8% France, 0.7% Poland, 0.6% Israel, 0.6% India, 0.6% Philippines.

74.8% of people living in Double Bay speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 11.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.9% Other, 1.5% French, 1.3% Cantonese, 1.3% Greek, 1.0% Italian, 0.8% Hungarian, 0.7% Russian, 0.7% German.

The religious makeup of Double Bay is 21.8% Catholic, 20.4% No religion, 19.1% Anglican, 14.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 11.3% Judaism, 3.3% Eastern Orthodox, 2.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.6% Uniting Church, 1.2% Buddhism, 0.9% Christian, nfd.

36.9% of people are married, 44.9% have never married and 9.4% are divorced and 2.0% are separated. There are 281 widowed people living in Double Bay.

67.4% of the people living in Double Bay over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 24.3% are working on a part time basis. Double Bay has an unemployment rate of 3.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Double Bay are 42.5% Professionals, 20.4% Managers, 12.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 8.9% Sales workers, 6.5% Community & personal service workers, 4.7% Technicians & trades workers, 2.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated, 1.9% Labourers, 0.6% Machinery operators & drivers.

The main industries people from Double Bay work in are 18.3% Professional, scientific and technical services, 12.6% Financial and insurance services, 9.5% Health care and social assistance, 7.9% Retail trade, 7.4% Education and training, 5.8% Accommodation and food services, 5.2% Information media and telecommunications, 5.0% Wholesale trade, 4.1% Administrative and support services.

35.4% of homes are fully owned, and 19.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 42.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $1135 per week and the median household income is $2277 per week.

The median rent in Double Bay is $550 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $3000 per month.

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