Blacktown

19.3% of Blacktown's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

12,986 family households lived in Blacktown; 50.7% were couple families and 16.9% were one-parent families.

42.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Blacktown had 50,961 residents at the 2021 Census.

34.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

22.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 65.4% of occupied private dwellings in Blacktown.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 18.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 15.8% of occupied private dwellings.

22.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

32.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

44.8% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Blacktown had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 20.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 27.0%, while 32.3% had four or more usual residents.

25.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

42.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

4.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.7% walked or cycled.

9.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 42.3% of the total.

47.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.3% reported a different address.

50.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

39.3% of residents used only English at home.

53.7% used a language other than English at home.

2.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.4% spoke Cantonese and 4.4% spoke Hindi.

50.1% of Blacktown's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 49.9% was born in Australia.

2.4% of residents were born in China.

16.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 72.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 14.6% of ancestry responses in Blacktown.

Australian ancestry made up 15.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.3% of responses.

19.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 8.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.3% of workers, and education and training employed 5.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.2%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

29.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.1%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

65.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.2% reported asthma, 6.2% arthritis and 6.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 23.7%.

Median household income was $1,774 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,094.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 25.9% in Blacktown, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 22.4% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 44.8% in Blacktown, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.