Erskine Park

18.8% of Erskine Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

1,814 family households lived in Erskine Park; 54.3% were couple families and 14.4% were one-parent families.

36.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Erskine Park had 6,486 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.3% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Separate houses made up 98.3% of occupied private dwellings in Erskine Park.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.

31.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

49.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

19.7% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Erskine Park had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 11.7% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 27.9%, while 40.8% had four or more usual residents.

25.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

50.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.4% walked or cycled.

1.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 22.9% of the total.

75.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

73.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.1% reported a different address.

25.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

73.4% of residents used only English at home.

22.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 1.2% spoke Hindi.

25.5% of Erskine Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 74.5% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

1.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 26.9% of ancestry responses in Erskine Park.

Australian ancestry made up 31.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.4% of responses.

14.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 10.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 18.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.1% of workers, and education and training employed 6.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.6%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

38.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

62.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 7.7% arthritis and 6.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.2%.

Median household income was $2,349 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

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

Working from home was 25.8% in Erskine Park, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 31.1% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 19.7% in Erskine Park, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.