Crestwood

16.5% of Crestwood's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,258 family households lived in Crestwood; 39.2% were couple families and 18.0% were one-parent families.

38.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Crestwood had 4,936 residents at the 2021 Census.

37.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

23.7% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 45.6% of occupied private dwellings in Crestwood.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 20.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 33.3% of occupied private dwellings.

23.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

34.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

42.7% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Crestwood had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 39.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 29.9%, while 18.7% had four or more usual residents.

6.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

67.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

2.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.2% walked or cycled.

5.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

One-car households formed 48.0% of the total.

46.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.8% reported a different address.

28.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

69.6% of residents used only English at home.

25.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 1.0% spoke Hindi.

28.5% of Crestwood's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 71.5% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

5.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 79.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 29.9% of ancestry responses in Crestwood.

Australian ancestry made up 31.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.6% of responses.

18.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Managers accounted for 12.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.3% of workers, and education and training employed 5.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

45.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

59.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 8.2% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 14.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.4%.

Median household income was $1,719 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $320 per week.

Working from home was 6.9% in Crestwood, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 23.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 42.7% in Crestwood, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.