The most common responses for occupation for employed persons usually resident in Padstow were Clerical and Administrative Workers 21.3%, Professionals 18.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Managers 10.7% and Sales Workers 9.2%.

There were 3,934 families in Padstow: 49.8% were couple families with children, 32.4% were couple families without children, 16.0% were one parent families and 1.8% were other families.

The most common responses for religious affiliation for persons usually resident in Padstow were Catholic 30.4%, Anglican 20.5%, No Religion 11.3%, Eastern Orthodox 7.9% and Islam 3.6%.

* statistcs taken from the 2006 Census for postal area 2211 conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics