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Mascot NSW 2020

13,950 addresses · 90 streets

Kingsford Smith Electorate › Bayside LGA › Mascot · 7 km from Sydney

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Living Here

An inner-southern Sydney suburb beside the airport that has rapidly densified with new apartments, Mascot is young and well-connected. Households average 2.5 people and the median age is 30. Median household income is $2,254 a week, with rent around $600.

Mascot is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 21,591 people, with a median age of 30. The typical household earns around $2,254 a week, with median rent near $600 a week. Most homes are apartments. About 41% of households own their home and 58% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include Chinese, English, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

21,591Population
30Median age
$2,254Median household income / wk
$600Median rent / wk
2.5Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Mascot - Eastlakes statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Mascot itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Mascot, 350 m north-west · Metro station: Sydenham, 2.5 km north-west · Light rail stop: Kingsford, 3.4 km east · Bus interchange: UTS Shuttle Bus, 1.8 km south-east · Ferry wharf: Blackwattle Bay Wharf, 6 km north · Airport: Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport, 2.5 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 10/10
Economic resources2/10
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: 2.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Mascot

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

Tree cover measures, Mascot NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20202.8%
Surveyed canopy, Greater Sydney aerial survey, 20193.7%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20213.4%

Demographics

Unemployment 5.9% · Labour-force participation 68.5%

Population by age in Mascot
Population by age, Mascot NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-41,138
5-141,393
15-19702
20-242,876
25-347,408
35-443,256
45-541,794
55-641,394
65-74917
75-84522
85+190
Dwelling types in Mascot
Dwelling types, Mascot NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House1,704
Townhouse320
Apartment6,026
Other35
Households by weekly income in Mascot
Households by weekly income, Mascot NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650892
$650-1,4991,483
$1,500-2,9992,705
$3,000+2,551
Top ancestries in Mascot
Top ancestries, Mascot NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Other6,492
Chinese5,755
English2,830
Australian2,415
Irish1,503
Ancestry NS1,381
Housing tenure in Mascot
Housing tenure, Mascot NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned1,310
Mortgage1,978
Rented4,597
Other98
Cars per household in Mascot
Cars per household, Mascot NSW (ABS Census 2021)
01,598
14,013
21,832
3373
4+148
Commute to work in Mascot
Commute to work, Mascot NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car3,327
Train939
Bus355
Tram/ferry3
Walked563
Bicycle101
Home4,586
Top countries of birth in Mascot
Top countries of birth, Mascot NSW (ABS Census 2021)
China2,451
Indonesia2,112
India554
Ireland478
Philippines475
England450
Languages used at home in Mascot
Languages used at home, Mascot NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin2,706
Indonesian1,786
Cantonese909
Spanish812
Greek592
Portuguese395

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

246,656 bird observations recorded near Mascot — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Mascot

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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