page_title: Chinatown, Sydney
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Chinatown, Sydney / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: English: Chinese New Year in Chinatown, Sydney
context_page_description: Chinatown is an urban enclave situated in the southern part of the Sydney Central Business District, in New South Wales, Australia. It is located and comprises the majority of the Haymarket suburb, between Central station and Darling Harbour. It is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney and is Australia's largest Chinatown.
  Sydney and the colony of New South Wales experienced Chinese migration as early as 1828. The first group of Chinese labourers from Amoy embarked for New South Wales in 1848. With the discovery of gold in 1851, Chinese immigration increased and by 1855, the number of Chinese immigrants reached 17,000. The Chinese population had traditionally been represented by those who came from Southern China due to the majority of colonial ports being located in the southern coast of China.
context_section_description: According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, in 2016 the Chinatown and Haymarket area included a significant population of Chinese (31.9%), Thai (18.3%), Indonesian (5.6%), English (5.1%) and Korean (4.8%) population. The most spoken languages at home apart from English were Thai (20.4%), Mandarin (20.3%), Indonesian (10.2%), Cantonese (5.1%), and Korean (4.8%). Furthermore, there is a significant student population from Asia, due to the close proximity of educational institutions such as the University of Technology Sydney, Technical and Further Education (TAFE NSW), and the University of Sydney. As of 2016, 25.9% of the residents in Chinatown were studying at university or TAFE and 33.4% of individuals in the Haymarket area had a attained a bachelor's degree or above.
  As a centrally located Chinatown (that is adjacent to, and being gradually absorbed by the  growing central business district), there are many white collar workers. Out of the 65,950 workers in the surrounding area in 2017, 18% worked in finance & financial services, 17% in the government, and 13.6% in professional & business services. The median weekly household income in 2016 was $1,696, slightly above the national average of $1,659 in 2019.
caption: Chinese New Year parade
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