Airds

27.0% of Airds's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

754 family households lived in Airds; 38.2% were couple families and 43.5% were one-parent families.

54.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Airds had 3,265 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

19.3% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 81.8% of occupied private dwellings in Airds.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 16.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.1% of occupied private dwellings.

3.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

17.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

79.3% rented their home. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Airds had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 23.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 23.7%, while 32.2% had four or more usual residents.

13.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

50.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

2.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

23.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 42.7% of the total.

34.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.9% reported a different address.

24.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

60.9% of residents used only English at home.

25.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.8% spoke Hindi.

24.0% of Airds's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.0% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

1.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 78.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 23.6% of ancestry responses in Airds.

Australian ancestry made up 28.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

11.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 6.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.5% of workers, and education and training employed 4.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 35.2%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

14.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 10.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 13.8%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

52.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.4% reported asthma, 10.1% arthritis and 7.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.8%.

Median household income was $944 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,210.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $220 per week.

Working from home was 13.9% in Airds, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 3.2% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Renting accounted for 79.3% in Airds, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.