Australian Demographic Profile
Redfern, NSW 2016
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~13,010
Median age
37
Median income
High
$1,250-$1,499/wk
Top profile
High-earning
47%
Profile composition (top three)
- High-earning professionals47%
- Young singles and non-workers19%
- Established partnered households13%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~13,010
- Sex split
- F 46% / M 55%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 53%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)8.2%
- Young adults (15-24)10%
- Early career (25-39)38%
- Mid career (40-59)26%
- Senior (60+)18%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Redfern: High ($1,250-$1,499/wk).
- No / not stated21%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)17%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)28%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)23%
- Very high ($3k+)11%
Top occupations
- Professionals46%
- Managers17%
- Clerical and Administrative Workers11%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to NSW and Australia
| Redfern | NSW avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37 | 42 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 53% | 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 →