Doonside

19.2% of Doonside's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

3,532 family households lived in Doonside; 46.3% were couple families and 24.8% were one-parent families.

39.0% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Doonside had 13,614 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.0% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Separate houses made up 89.2% of occupied private dwellings in Doonside.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.4% of occupied private dwellings.

22.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

30.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

46.8% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Doonside had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 19.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 27.1%, while 33.4% had four or more usual residents.

21.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

45.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

5.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.7% walked or cycled.

11.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

One-car households formed 38.3% of the total.

50.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.9% reported a different address.

44.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

47.2% of residents used only English at home.

45.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.1% spoke Cantonese and 3.7% spoke Hindi.

44.5% of Doonside's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 55.5% was born in Australia.

1.0% of residents were born in China.

6.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 77.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 16.8% of ancestry responses in Doonside.

Australian ancestry made up 18.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.3% of responses.

16.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 7.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.1% of workers, and education and training employed 5.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.5%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

26.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.5%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

59.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.4% reported asthma, 8.5% arthritis and 7.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.4%.

Median household income was $1,582 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,100.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 21.7% in Doonside, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 22.8% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 46.8% in Doonside, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.