Birmingham Gardens

13.0% of Birmingham Gardens's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

522 family households lived in Birmingham Gardens; 34.1% were couple families and 23.0% were one-parent families.

36.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Birmingham Gardens had 2,598 residents at the 2021 Census.

34.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

16.4% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Separate houses made up 80.3% of occupied private dwellings in Birmingham Gardens.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 9.3% of occupied private dwellings.

19.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

21.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

58.5% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Birmingham Gardens had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 28.4% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 29.8%, while 23.6% had four or more usual residents.

13.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

53.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

2.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.2% walked or cycled.

9.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 40.0% of the total.

50.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

37.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 62.8% reported a different address.

27.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

70.1% of residents used only English at home.

23.1% used a language other than English at home.

4.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

27.8% of Birmingham Gardens's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 72.2% was born in Australia.

4.6% of residents were born in China.

2.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 72.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.6% of ancestry responses in Birmingham Gardens.

Australian ancestry made up 33.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 7.3% of responses.

19.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Managers accounted for 5.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.2%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

27.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 27.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.7%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

57.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.9% reported asthma, 6.7% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 35.1%.

Median household income was $1,468 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,700.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $380 per week.

Working from home was 13.3% in Birmingham Gardens, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 19.8% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Renting accounted for 58.5% in Birmingham Gardens, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.