Australian Demographic Profile
Sydney, NSW 2000
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~16,638
Median age
32
Median income
Mid-high
$1,000-$1,249/wk
Top profile
High-earning
35%
Profile composition (top three)
- High-earning professionals35%
- Established partnered households23%
- Young singles and non-workers17%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~16,638
- Sex split
- F 48% / M 52%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 61%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)5.1%
- Young adults (15-24)13%
- Early career (25-39)52%
- Mid career (40-59)20%
- Senior (60+)9.6%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Sydney: Mid-high ($1,000-$1,249/wk).
- No / not stated21%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)12%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)40%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)18%
- Very high ($3k+)9.8%
Top occupations
- Professionals33%
- Managers16%
- Technicians and Trades Workers12%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to NSW and Australia
| Sydney | NSW avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32 | 42 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 61% | 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 →