Cherrybrook

18.4% of Cherrybrook's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

5,489 family households lived in Cherrybrook; 60.7% were couple families and 8.9% were one-parent families.

37.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Cherrybrook had 19,082 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 81.5% of occupied private dwellings in Cherrybrook.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 17.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.2% of occupied private dwellings.

40.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

44.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.3% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Cherrybrook had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 11.3% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 26.7%, while 41.7% had four or more usual residents.

53.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

28.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

2.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

2.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 31.2% of the total.

66.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.3% reported a different address.

52.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

48.7% of residents used only English at home.

48.7% used a language other than English at home.

12.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 7.0% spoke Cantonese and 4.3% spoke Hindi.

52.2% of Cherrybrook's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 47.8% was born in Australia.

9.6% of residents were born in China.

8.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 19.6% of ancestry responses in Cherrybrook.

Australian ancestry made up 16.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 25.3% of responses.

38.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 18.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.4% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.2%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

37.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.6%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

67.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.0% reported asthma, 6.2% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

40.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 21.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 12.9%.

Median household income was $2,924 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $695 per week.

Working from home was 53.1% in Cherrybrook, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 40.6% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 15.3% in Cherrybrook, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.