Bankstown

20.3% of Bankstown's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

8,573 family households lived in Bankstown; 49.5% were couple families and 21.6% were one-parent families.

43.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Bankstown had 34,933 residents at the 2021 Census.

32.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

23.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 30.0% of occupied private dwellings in Bankstown.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 58.5% of occupied private dwellings.

22.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

25.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

52.3% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Bankstown had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 22.1% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 25.3%, while 33.3% had four or more usual residents.

24.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

41.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

5.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.9% walked or cycled.

14.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 46.1% of the total.

39.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.1% reported a different address.

56.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

18.0% of residents used only English at home.

73.6% used a language other than English at home.

4.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 2.9% spoke Cantonese and 0.7% spoke Hindi.

56.6% of Bankstown's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 43.4% was born in Australia.

4.8% of residents were born in China.

1.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 73.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 6.2% of ancestry responses in Bankstown.

Australian ancestry made up 8.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 10.8% of responses.

21.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 8.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 46.0%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

20.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 10.3%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

67.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.8% reported asthma, 5.0% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

30.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 19.4%.

Median household income was $1,331 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 24.2% in Bankstown, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 22.2% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 52.3% in Bankstown, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.