Belfield

18.9% of Belfield's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

1,723 family households lived in Belfield; 52.1% were couple families and 18.6% were one-parent families.

37.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Belfield had 6,555 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 66.8% of occupied private dwellings in Belfield.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 23.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 8.9% of occupied private dwellings.

33.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

35.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.4% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Belfield had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 21.9% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 27.7%, while 33.3% had four or more usual residents.

34.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

35.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

2.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.7% walked or cycled.

10.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 35.5% of the total.

54.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.4% reported a different address.

38.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

42.8% of residents used only English at home.

52.3% used a language other than English at home.

5.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 4.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

38.2% of Belfield's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 61.8% was born in Australia.

5.9% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 10.3% of ancestry responses in Belfield.

Australian ancestry made up 14.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 12.6% of responses.

23.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 13.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 17.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.7% of workers, and education and training employed 9.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.7%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

24.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

65.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.2% reported asthma, 7.0% arthritis and 6.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.2%.

Median household income was $1,727 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $460 per week.

Working from home was 34.5% in Belfield, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 33.1% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 31.4% in Belfield, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.