Bidwill

27.0% of Bidwill's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1,000 family households lived in Bidwill; 30.2% were couple families and 48.4% were one-parent families.

47.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Bidwill had 4,202 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

22.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 66.1% of occupied private dwellings in Bidwill.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 31.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.0% of occupied private dwellings.

9.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

14.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

75.2% rented their home. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Bidwill had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 22.4% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 29.2%, while 28.9% had four or more usual residents.

12.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

50.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

2.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

19.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 46.3% of the total.

33.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.6% reported a different address.

22.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

62.9% of residents used only English at home.

22.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.9% spoke Hindi.

22.3% of Bidwill's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 77.7% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 76.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 23.7% of ancestry responses in Bidwill.

Australian ancestry made up 28.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

7.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 5.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.7% of workers, and education and training employed 6.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 34.5%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

14.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 8.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 14.1%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

47.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

14.4% reported asthma, 9.6% arthritis and 8.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

9.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.2%.

Median household income was $899 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 12.6% in Bidwill, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 9.9% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Renting accounted for 75.2% in Bidwill, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.