Bossley Park

17.7% of Bossley Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

4,036 family households lived in Bossley Park; 55.2% were couple families and 16.7% were one-parent families.

33.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Bossley Park had 15,492 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 91.2% of occupied private dwellings in Bossley Park.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.1% of occupied private dwellings.

38.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

30.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.4% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Bossley Park had 3.3 people.

One-person households made up 13.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 25.6%, while 42.3% had four or more usual residents.

27.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

46.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.7% walked or cycled.

5.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 28.9% of the total.

65.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.9% reported a different address.

53.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

29.9% of residents used only English at home.

63.5% used a language other than English at home.

1.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

53.9% of Bossley Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 46.1% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 78.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 7.8% of ancestry responses in Bossley Park.

Australian ancestry made up 9.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.7% of responses.

18.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 10.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 17.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.5% of workers, and education and training employed 8.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 41.1%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

19.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.2%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

62.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.4% reported asthma, 9.2% arthritis and 7.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.3%.

Median household income was $1,542 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 $465 per week.

Working from home was 27.3% in Bossley Park, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 38.6% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 31.4% in Bossley Park, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.