Australian Demographic Profile
Penrose, NSW 2579
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~190
Median age
52
Median income
Mid
$650-$799/wk
Top profile
Retired
31%
Profile composition (top three)
- Retired and semi-retired31%
- Young singles and non-workers21%
- Established partnered households20%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~190
- Sex split
- F 56% / M 44%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 28%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)18%
- Young adults (15-24)16%
- Early career (25-39)3.7%
- Mid career (40-59)27%
- Senior (60+)35%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Penrose: Mid ($650-$799/wk).
- No / not stated33%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)22%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)33%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)6.8%
- Very high ($3k+)5.3%
Top occupations
- Professionals24%
- Technicians and Trades Workers22%
- Sales Workers18%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to NSW and Australia
| Penrose | NSW avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 42 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 28% | 21% | 19% |
What's in the full report
- ✓ Full 8-profile composition with percentages
- ✓ All 47 demographic variables broken down
- ✓ Income vs occupation cross-tabulation
- ✓ Family composition by age group
- ✓ Country of birth and language distributions
- ✓ Educational attainment by age cohort
- ✓ Branded HTML, PDF, CSV exports
- ✓ Citation-ready format
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Methodology
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditional tables using Bayesian reconstruction. Validated against real Census distributions with a median person-level SRMSE of 0.05 across 7,780 suburbs. Read the full methodology →