Brooklyn

14.2% of Brooklyn's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

211 family households lived in Brooklyn; 45.0% were couple families and 12.8% were one-parent families.

31.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Brooklyn had 737 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 85.3% of occupied private dwellings in Brooklyn.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 9.2% of occupied private dwellings.

39.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

37.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.8% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Brooklyn had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 28.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 35.7%, while 21.1% had four or more usual residents.

39.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

34.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.0% walked or cycled.

6.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 38.2% of the total.

58.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.4% reported a different address.

20.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

90.0% of residents used only English at home.

6.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

20.2% of Brooklyn's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.8% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.8% of ancestry responses in Brooklyn.

Australian ancestry made up 36.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.0% of responses.

21.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 21.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.6% of workers, and education and training employed 13.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.3%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

31.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.9%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

59.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.4% reported asthma, 9.5% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 35.8%.

Median household income was $2,062 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $470 per week.

Working from home was 39.7% in Brooklyn, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 39.0% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 23.8% in Brooklyn, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.