Dundas

18.7% of Dundas's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

1,318 family households lived in Dundas; 55.2% were couple families and 14.5% were one-parent families.

42.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Dundas had 4,959 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.9% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 52.3% of occupied private dwellings in Dundas.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 41.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.2% of occupied private dwellings.

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

37.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.3% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Dundas had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 19.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 27.8%, while 31.9% had four or more usual residents.

37.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

36.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

2.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

5.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 37.7% of the total.

56.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.2% reported a different address.

46.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

46.3% of residents used only English at home.

50.4% used a language other than English at home.

13.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 7.5% spoke Cantonese and 1.2% spoke Hindi.

46.1% of Dundas's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 53.9% was born in Australia.

11.3% of residents were born in China.

2.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 77.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 18.5% of ancestry responses in Dundas.

Australian ancestry made up 17.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 24.3% of responses.

26.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 13.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.1% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.4%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

31.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.3%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

69.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.2% reported asthma, 5.5% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

33.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 24.0%.

Median household income was $1,962 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $428 per week.

Working from home was 37.6% in Dundas, 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 35.3% in Dundas, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.