Emu Plains

18.6% of Emu Plains's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

2,263 family households lived in Emu Plains; 45.6% were couple families and 16.7% were one-parent families.

37.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Emu Plains had 8,126 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 82.2% of occupied private dwellings in Emu Plains.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.2% of occupied private dwellings.

40.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

37.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.9% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Emu Plains had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 24.6% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 32.3%, while 26.5% had four or more usual residents.

31.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

44.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.4% 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 34.9% of the total.

59.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.3% reported a different address.

15.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

89.0% of residents used only English at home.

6.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

15.4% of Emu Plains's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.6% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.0% of ancestry responses in Emu Plains.

Australian ancestry made up 41.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

21.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 13.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.8% of workers, and education and training employed 11.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.4%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

34.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.2%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

55.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.1% reported asthma, 10.9% arthritis and 5.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.6%.

Median household income was $1,877 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.

Working from home was 31.6% in Emu Plains, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 40.0% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 22.9% in Emu Plains, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.