Belrose

18.3% of Belrose's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

2,399 family households lived in Belrose; 54.7% were couple families and 11.4% were one-parent families.

38.7% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Belrose had 8,726 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 79.1% of occupied private dwellings in Belrose.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 11.0% of occupied private dwellings.

45.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

42.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.1% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Belrose had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 19.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 28.2%, while 35.9% had four or more usual residents.

44.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

35.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

3.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 30.4% of the total.

65.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.1% reported a different address.

28.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

81.8% of residents used only English at home.

16.3% used a language other than English at home.

2.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

28.5% of Belrose's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 71.5% was born in Australia.

2.4% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.0% of ancestry responses in Belrose.

Australian ancestry made up 33.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.6% of responses.

29.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Managers accounted for 21.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.1% of workers, and education and training employed 10.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.6%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

31.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.9%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

60.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 10.2% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

33.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 23.9%.

Median household income was $2,598 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,441.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $890 per week.

Working from home was 44.6% in Belrose, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 45.6% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 12.1% in Belrose, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.