Carlingford

20.9% of Carlingford's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

8,017 family households lived in Carlingford; 56.4% were couple families and 13.0% were one-parent families.

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

Carlingford had 28,044 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.6% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 58.1% of occupied private dwellings in Carlingford.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 29.5% of occupied private dwellings.

31.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

34.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.8% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Carlingford had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 14.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 27.8%, while 36.4% had four or more usual residents.

43.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

33.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

2.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.1% walked or cycled.

4.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 37.7% of the total.

57.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.0% reported a different address.

55.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

32.9% of residents used only English at home.

63.8% used a language other than English at home.

22.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 13.2% spoke Cantonese and 2.1% spoke Hindi.

55.3% of Carlingford's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 44.7% was born in Australia.

19.4% of residents were born in China.

4.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 76.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 12.3% of ancestry responses in Carlingford.

Australian ancestry made up 11.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 40.6% of responses.

35.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 14.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.0% of workers, and education and training employed 9.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.4%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

32.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.2%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

71.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.1% reported asthma, 5.0% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

39.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 20.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 14.5%.

Median household income was $2,084 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 $500 per week.

Working from home was 43.9% in Carlingford, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 31.3% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 33.8% in Carlingford, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.