Eglinton

25.1% of Eglinton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

873 family households lived in Eglinton; 48.8% were couple families and 14.9% were one-parent families.

48.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Eglinton had 3,012 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

23.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 97.8% of occupied private dwellings in Eglinton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

31.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

47.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.0% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Eglinton had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 14.9% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Two-person households represented 32.9%, while 33.6% had four or more usual residents.

11.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

67.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

1.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 24.0% of the total.

75.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

49.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 50.9% reported a different address.

7.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

92.5% of residents used only English at home.

4.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

7.4% of Eglinton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.6% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.6% of ancestry responses in Eglinton.

Australian ancestry made up 46.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

17.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 10.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.5% of workers, and education and training employed 11.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.5%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

44.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.7%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

59.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.4% reported asthma, 7.9% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.5%.

Median household income was $2,054 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,805.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $415 per week.

Working from home was 11.0% in Eglinton, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 31.4% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 21.0% in Eglinton, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.