Paddington

13.1% of Paddington's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

3,019 family households lived in Paddington; 37.0% were couple families and 11.4% were one-parent families.

34.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Paddington had 12,701 residents at the 2021 Census.

37.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.7% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 6.6% of occupied private dwellings in Paddington.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 60.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 31.8% of occupied private dwellings.

27.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

26.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

45.9% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Paddington had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 37.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 33.9%, while 14.5% had four or more usual residents.

61.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

13.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

4.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.8% walked or cycled.

21.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 53.6% of the total.

25.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

43.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 56.1% reported a different address.

30.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

83.2% of residents used only English at home.

12.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

30.7% of Paddington's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 69.3% was born in Australia.

0.6% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.5% of ancestry responses in Paddington.

Australian ancestry made up 26.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.6% of responses.

48.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 23.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 72.2%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

48.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

67.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.2% reported asthma, 5.4% arthritis and 1.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

48.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 22.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 7.1%.

Median household income was $3,131 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $4,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $650 per week.

Working from home was 61.0% in Paddington, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 27.9% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 45.9% in Paddington, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.