Acacia Gardens

22.1% of Acacia Gardens's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

1,064 family households lived in Acacia Gardens; 62.0% were couple families and 11.9% were one-parent families.

48.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Acacia Gardens had 3,668 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

20.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 85.5% of occupied private dwellings in Acacia Gardens.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

20.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

58.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.5% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Acacia Gardens had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 9.4% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 22.3%, while 44.5% had four or more usual residents.

40.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

35.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.3% walked or cycled.

1.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 31.0% of the total.

66.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.9% reported a different address.

45.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

51.5% of residents used only English at home.

47.2% used a language other than English at home.

2.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.3% spoke Cantonese and 5.7% spoke Hindi.

45.1% of Acacia Gardens's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 54.9% was born in Australia.

1.6% of residents were born in China.

16.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 17.1% of ancestry responses in Acacia Gardens.

Australian ancestry made up 20.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.6% of responses.

28.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 13.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 17.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.9% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 73.0%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

43.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

70.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.9% reported asthma, 5.2% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

35.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 15.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 24.4%.

Median household income was $2,796 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,484.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $540 per week.

Working from home was 40.7% in Acacia Gardens, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 20.9% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 20.5% in Acacia Gardens, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.