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.

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

The median/average age of the Pyrmont population is 32 years of age, 5 years below the Australian average.

39.5% of people living in Pyrmont were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were China 6.3%, England 5.8%, New Zealand 2.9%, Korea, Republic of 2.9%, Malaysia 2.2%.

53.3% of people speak English as their first language 6.7% Mandarin, 5.2% Cantonese, 2.8% Korean, 1.8% Thai, 1.6% Japanese.

The religious make up of Pyrmont is 31.8% No Religion, 21.6% Catholic, 9.5% Anglican, 7% Buddhism, 2.2% Eastern Orthodox.

36.4% of people are married, 51.6% have never married and 7.8% are separated or divorced. There are 166 widowed people living in Pyrmont.

72.4% of the people living in Pyrmont 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 from Pyrmont are Professionals 38.4%, Managers 20.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.9%, Sales Workers 6.4%, Labourers 3.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.2%.

The median individual income is $1095.00 per week and the median household income is $2186.00 per week.

14.5% 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 rent in Pyrmont is $577 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2704 per month.