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Haymarket NSW 2000

8,884 addresses · 29 streets

Sydney Electorate › Sydney LGA › Haymarket · 1 km from Sydney

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Living Here

A dense precinct at the southern end of Sydney's CBD encompassing Chinatown, Haymarket is high-rise, youthful and student-heavy. Households average 2.4 people and the median age is 30. Median household income is $1,931 a week, with rent around $650.

Haymarket is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 8,305 people, with a median age of 30. The typical household earns around $1,931 a week, with median rent near $650 a week. Most homes are apartments. About 20% of households own their home and 78% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Chinese, Ancestry NS, English. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

8,305Population
30Median age
$1,931Median household income / wk
$650Median rent / wk
2.4Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Sydney - Haymarket - The Rocks statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Haymarket itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Museum, 650 m north-east · Metro station: Central, 450 m south · Light rail stop: Capitol Square, 150 m east · Bus interchange: Maritime Museum (389 terminus), 1.2 km north-west · Ferry wharf: Darling Harbour Wharf 9, 1.2 km north · Airport: Rose Bay Seaplane Base, 5.5 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 10/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs10/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Haymarket

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Haymarket NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20204.0%
Surveyed canopy, Greater Sydney aerial survey, 20195.7%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202110.0%

Demographics

Unemployment 9.8% · Labour-force participation 56.4%

Population by age in Haymarket
Population by age, Haymarket NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4191
5-14184
15-19222
20-241,449
25-343,571
35-441,521
45-54489
55-64351
65-74232
75-8477
85+25
Dwelling types in Haymarket
Dwelling types, Haymarket NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House6
Townhouse13
Apartment2,968
Other3
Households by weekly income in Haymarket
Households by weekly income, Haymarket NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650493
$650-1,499627
$1,500-2,999920
$3,000+737
Top ancestries in Haymarket
Top ancestries, Haymarket NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Chinese3,399
Other2,820
Ancestry NS859
English726
Australian318
Korean256
Housing tenure in Haymarket
Housing tenure, Haymarket NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned285
Mortgage310
Rented2,272
Other60
Cars per household in Haymarket
Cars per household, Haymarket NSW (ABS Census 2021)
01,761
1986
2121
313
4+10
Commute to work in Haymarket
Commute to work, Haymarket NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car350
Train335
Bus265
Tram/ferry119
Walked662
Bicycle83
Home1,268
Top countries of birth in Haymarket
Top countries of birth, Haymarket NSW (ABS Census 2021)
China1,775
Thailand1,452
Indonesia931
Malaysia246
South Korea235
Vietnam179
Languages used at home in Haymarket
Languages used at home, Haymarket NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin2,022
Thai1,350
Indonesian713
Cantonese477
Korean207
Vietnamese170

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

350,036 bird observations recorded near Haymarket — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Haymarket

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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