Auburn

17.5% of Auburn's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

8,583 family households lived in Auburn; 50.1% were couple families and 14.2% were one-parent families.

39.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Auburn had 39,333 residents at the 2021 Census.

36.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

19.4% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 42.0% of occupied private dwellings in Auburn.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 47.3% of occupied private dwellings.

22.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

24.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

52.6% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Auburn had 3.3 people.

One-person households made up 16.6% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 22.3%, while 41.9% had four or more usual residents.

17.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

34.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

14.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.3% walked or cycled.

18.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 42.6% of the total.

39.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.2% reported a different address.

64.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

12.2% of residents used only English at home.

78.7% used a language other than English at home.

14.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 6.1% spoke Cantonese and 1.2% spoke Hindi.

64.3% of Auburn's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 35.7% was born in Australia.

14.4% of residents were born in China.

5.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 56.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 6.0% of ancestry responses in Auburn.

Australian ancestry made up 5.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 21.8% of responses.

16.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 6.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.5% of workers, and education and training employed 4.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 46.3%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

17.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 11.4%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

72.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

3.3% reported asthma, 3.9% arthritis and 4.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 14.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 14.3%.

Median household income was $1,533 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $410 per week.

Working from home was 17.0% in Auburn, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 22.9% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 52.6% in Auburn, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.