Ashtonfield

20.8% of Ashtonfield's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

1,315 family households lived in Ashtonfield; 50.3% were couple families and 13.9% were one-parent families.

39.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Ashtonfield had 4,589 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.5% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 93.9% of occupied private dwellings in Ashtonfield.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

34.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

44.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.7% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Ashtonfield had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 16.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 32.5%, while 32.1% had four or more usual residents.

20.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

57.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

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

One-car households formed 23.8% of the total.

74.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.2% reported a different address.

12.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

88.5% of residents used only English at home.

8.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

12.4% of Ashtonfield's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.6% was born in Australia.

0.9% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.7% of ancestry responses in Ashtonfield.

Australian ancestry made up 43.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.2% of responses.

20.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 12.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

40.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

57.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.0% reported asthma, 9.8% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.3%.

Median household income was $2,148 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $440 per week.

Working from home was 20.0% in Ashtonfield, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 34.2% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 21.7% in Ashtonfield, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.