Canley Heights

17.9% of Canley Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

3,086 family households lived in Canley Heights; 49.6% were couple families and 27.3% were one-parent families.

37.9% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Canley Heights had 12,320 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 77.1% of occupied private dwellings in Canley Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 18.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.7% of occupied private dwellings.

30.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

28.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

40.9% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Canley Heights had 3.4 people.

One-person households made up 14.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 21.6%, while 46.0% had four or more usual residents.

20.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

50.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

2.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

9.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 33.5% of the total.

57.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.6% reported a different address.

57.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

17.9% of residents used only English at home.

75.5% used a language other than English at home.

2.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 5.5% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

57.1% of Canley Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 42.9% was born in Australia.

1.6% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 78.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 7.0% of ancestry responses in Canley Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 7.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 21.2% of responses.

14.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 7.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.1% of workers, and education and training employed 4.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 43.1%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

20.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 10.1%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

68.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.1% reported asthma, 5.1% arthritis and 5.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.0%.

Median household income was $1,486 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

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

Working from home was 20.9% in Canley Heights, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 30.4% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 40.9% in Canley Heights, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.