Fairfield West

20.2% of Fairfield West's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

3,290 family households lived in Fairfield West; 53.6% were couple families and 21.3% were one-parent families.

38.3% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Fairfield West had 12,981 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.0% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 88.3% of occupied private dwellings in Fairfield West.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.5% of occupied private dwellings.

34.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

29.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

36.2% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Fairfield West had 3.4 people.

One-person households made up 13.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 23.5%, while 45.8% had four or more usual residents.

22.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

49.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.

7.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 32.7% of the total.

59.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.8% reported a different address.

56.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

23.0% of residents used only English at home.

69.2% used a language other than English at home.

1.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

56.1% of Fairfield West's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 43.9% was born in Australia.

1.0% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 74.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 8.4% of ancestry responses in Fairfield West.

Australian ancestry made up 9.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 8.8% of responses.

15.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 8.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.9% of workers, and education and training employed 5.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 38.9%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

18.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 10.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.1%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

64.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.6% reported asthma, 7.8% arthritis and 6.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.3%.

Median household income was $1,428 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $440 per week.

Working from home was 22.7% in Fairfield West, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 34.7% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 36.2% in Fairfield West, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.