Earlwood

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

4,987 family households lived in Earlwood; 51.8% were couple families and 15.3% were one-parent families.

34.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Earlwood had 18,053 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 80.1% of occupied private dwellings in Earlwood.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 11.5% of occupied private dwellings.

45.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

33.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.1% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Earlwood had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 19.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 30.3%, while 32.8% had four or more usual residents.

46.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

27.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

2.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

8.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 37.7% of the total.

53.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

73.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.9% reported a different address.

34.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

49.8% of residents used only English at home.

46.2% used a language other than English at home.

2.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 2.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

34.7% of Earlwood's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 65.3% was born in Australia.

3.0% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 14.9% of ancestry responses in Earlwood.

Australian ancestry made up 16.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 7.6% of responses.

30.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 18.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.5% of workers, and education and training employed 10.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.7%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

29.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.7% worked part time.

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

63.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.0% reported asthma, 7.8% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

32.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 23.9%.

Median household income was $2,164 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,817.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $570 per week.

Working from home was 46.2% in Earlwood, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 45.6% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 21.1% in Earlwood, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.