Eastwood

15.7% of Eastwood's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

5,160 family households lived in Eastwood; 49.3% were couple families and 12.5% were one-parent families.

35.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Eastwood had 18,695 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 52.9% of occupied private dwellings in Eastwood.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 17.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 28.2% of occupied private dwellings.

31.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

29.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

39.8% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Eastwood had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 20.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 30.8%, while 29.5% had four or more usual residents.

42.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

30.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

5.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.8% walked or cycled.

13.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 43.0% of the total.

43.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.7% reported a different address.

58.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

30.0% of residents used only English at home.

66.2% used a language other than English at home.

28.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 14.5% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

58.8% of Eastwood's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 41.2% was born in Australia.

25.9% of residents were born in China.

2.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 70.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 11.6% of ancestry responses in Eastwood.

Australian ancestry made up 10.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 48.8% of responses.

36.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 14.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.9% of workers, and education and training employed 8.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.1%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

30.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.7%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

71.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.6% reported asthma, 4.9% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

39.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 22.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 12.3%.

Median household income was $1,945 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,730.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $450 per week.

Working from home was 42.8% in Eastwood, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 31.2% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 39.8% in Eastwood, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.