Bligh Park

23.1% of Bligh Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

1,774 family households lived in Bligh Park; 46.7% were couple families and 21.3% were one-parent families.

44.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Bligh Park had 6,220 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

20.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 80.3% of occupied private dwellings in Bligh Park.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 19.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

19.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

45.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.3% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Bligh Park had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 19.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 31.2%, while 30.1% had four or more usual residents.

21.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

55.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

3.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 30.2% of the total.

66.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.4% reported a different address.

10.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

91.3% of residents used only English at home.

5.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

10.8% of Bligh Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.2% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.2% of ancestry responses in Bligh Park.

Australian ancestry made up 46.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

13.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 10.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 71.2%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

40.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.5%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

60.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.9% reported asthma, 7.6% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.9%.

Median household income was $2,029 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $410 per week.

Working from home was 21.2% in Bligh Park, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 19.7% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 35.3% in Bligh Park, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.