Beresfield

17.0% of Beresfield's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

916 family households lived in Beresfield; 33.8% were couple families and 25.1% were one-parent families.

36.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Beresfield had 3,267 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 90.0% of occupied private dwellings in Beresfield.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.8% of occupied private dwellings.

36.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

31.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.1% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Beresfield had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 29.6% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 34.4%, while 19.0% had four or more usual residents.

10.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

63.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.1% walked or cycled.

6.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 41.3% of the total.

52.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.6% reported a different address.

9.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

89.9% of residents used only English at home.

6.7% used a language other than English at home.

2.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

9.7% of Beresfield's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.3% was born in Australia.

1.8% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.0% of ancestry responses in Beresfield.

Australian ancestry made up 43.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.9% of responses.

10.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 6.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.8% of workers, and education and training employed 6.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.8%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

30.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.7%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

50.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.4% reported asthma, 13.6% arthritis and 7.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 56.8%.

Median household income was $1,257 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,484.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 10.7% in Beresfield, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 36.7% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 32.1% in Beresfield, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.