Abbotsford

14.8% of Abbotsford's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

1,585 family households lived in Abbotsford; 40.8% were couple families and 14.5% were one-parent families.

31.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Abbotsford had 5,431 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 28.6% of occupied private dwellings in Abbotsford.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 16.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 54.4% of occupied private dwellings.

38.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

24.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

37.4% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

The average household in Abbotsford had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 29.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 36.4%, while 17.2% had four or more usual residents.

50.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

29.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.4% walked or cycled.

9.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 44.9% of the total.

46.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.2% reported a different address.

29.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

68.6% of residents used only English at home.

26.3% used a language other than English at home.

2.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 2.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

29.9% of Abbotsford's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 70.1% was born in Australia.

2.8% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 24.8% of ancestry responses in Abbotsford.

Australian ancestry made up 21.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 7.9% of responses.

35.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 22.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.9% of workers, and education and training employed 10.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.4%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

35.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.4%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

60.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.6% reported asthma, 9.2% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

33.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 15.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 19.2%.

Median household income was $2,263 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $550 per week.

Working from home was 50.6% in Abbotsford, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 38.4% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 37.4% in Abbotsford, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.