Colyton

21.0% of Colyton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

2,289 family households lived in Colyton; 43.7% were couple families and 25.4% were one-parent families.

41.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Colyton had 8,770 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.1% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 95.1% of occupied private dwellings in Colyton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

27.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

39.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.9% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Colyton had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 21.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 29.4%, while 31.2% had four or more usual residents.

20.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

52.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.7% walked or cycled.

6.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 36.6% of the total.

56.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.7% reported a different address.

28.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

64.9% of residents used only English at home.

27.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 2.2% spoke Hindi.

28.1% of Colyton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 71.9% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 25.1% of ancestry responses in Colyton.

Australian ancestry made up 29.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.7% of responses.

11.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 8.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.5% of workers, and education and training employed 5.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.7%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

29.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.3%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

56.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 8.8% arthritis and 7.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.0%.

Median household income was $1,539 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $380 per week.

Working from home was 20.2% in Colyton, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 27.0% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 33.9% in Colyton, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.