Chatswood

16.7% of Chatswood's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

6,937 family households lived in Chatswood; 45.7% were couple families and 14.3% were one-parent families.

39.1% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Chatswood had 25,553 residents at the 2021 Census.

34.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.6% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 27.9% of occupied private dwellings in Chatswood.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 67.6% of occupied private dwellings.

27.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

20.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

52.1% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Chatswood had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 24.1% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 33.3%, while 24.0% had four or more usual residents.

49.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

18.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

7.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.4% walked or cycled.

21.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 53.0% of the total.

25.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

45.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 54.7% reported a different address.

62.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

34.8% of residents used only English at home.

61.0% used a language other than English at home.

23.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 12.3% spoke Cantonese and 1.9% spoke Hindi.

62.0% of Chatswood's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 38.0% was born in Australia.

20.1% of residents were born in China.

4.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 65.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 13.7% of ancestry responses in Chatswood.

Australian ancestry made up 10.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 42.4% of responses.

39.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 17.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.3% of workers, and education and training employed 6.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.6%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

35.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.5%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

73.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.6% reported asthma, 3.9% arthritis and 3.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

42.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 23.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 8.8%.

Median household income was $2,158 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,858.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $577 per week.

Working from home was 49.9% in Chatswood, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 27.1% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 52.1% in Chatswood, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.