Ambarvale

22.7% of Ambarvale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

1,938 family households lived in Ambarvale; 40.2% were couple families and 29.3% were one-parent families.

41.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Ambarvale had 7,254 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.1% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 86.3% of occupied private dwellings in Ambarvale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.0% of occupied private dwellings.

22.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

33.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

44.5% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Ambarvale had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 18.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 32.3%, while 29.5% had four or more usual residents.

19.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

47.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

2.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

9.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 38.9% of the total.

51.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.4% reported a different address.

25.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

69.2% of residents used only English at home.

22.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 1.1% spoke Hindi.

25.7% of Ambarvale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 74.3% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 28.1% of ancestry responses in Ambarvale.

Australian ancestry made up 30.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.0% of responses.

12.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 9.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.4% of workers, and education and training employed 6.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.8%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

25.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.5%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

54.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.0% reported asthma, 10.1% arthritis and 7.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.8%.

Median household income was $1,431 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,802.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 19.8% in Ambarvale, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 22.4% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 44.5% in Ambarvale, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.