Denistone

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

1,085 family households lived in Denistone; 51.9% were couple families and 11.0% were one-parent families.

34.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Denistone had 3,726 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 79.8% of occupied private dwellings in Denistone.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 19.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.3% of occupied private dwellings.

45.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

36.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.4% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Denistone had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 13.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 33.5%, while 35.0% had four or more usual residents.

46.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

31.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

3.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

4.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 37.2% of the total.

58.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.1% reported a different address.

41.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

55.3% of residents used only English at home.

42.3% used a language other than English at home.

15.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 8.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.9% spoke Hindi.

41.4% of Denistone's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 58.6% was born in Australia.

14.1% of residents were born in China.

2.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 22.5% of ancestry responses in Denistone.

Australian ancestry made up 19.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 30.2% of responses.

39.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 18.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.9% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.8%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

35.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

67.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.1% reported asthma, 6.3% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

42.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 19.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 13.9%.

Median household income was $2,683 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,902.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $600 per week.

Working from home was 46.6% in Denistone, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 45.2% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 18.4% in Denistone, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.