East Killara

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

840 family households lived in East Killara; 59.8% were couple families and 10.6% were one-parent families.

38.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

East Killara had 2,895 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 99.4% of occupied private dwellings in East Killara.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

48.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

39.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.3% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in East Killara had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 10.4% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 25.5%, while 43.7% had four or more usual residents.

50.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

28.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

2.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

2.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 25.1% of the total.

73.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.9% reported a different address.

55.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

43.3% of residents used only English at home.

54.2% used a language other than English at home.

21.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 15.9% spoke Cantonese and 0.9% spoke Hindi.

55.1% of East Killara's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 44.9% was born in Australia.

19.4% of residents were born in China.

1.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 18.6% of ancestry responses in East Killara.

Australian ancestry made up 14.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 46.7% of responses.

40.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 20.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.4% of workers, and education and training employed 8.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.6%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

30.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

70.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.3% reported asthma, 5.2% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

46.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 22.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 8.9%.

Median household income was $3,005 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,900.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $1,000 per week.

Working from home was 50.0% in East Killara, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 48.0% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 12.3% in East Killara, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.