Five Dock

17.8% of Five Dock's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

2,769 family households lived in Five Dock; 47.4% were couple families and 14.2% were one-parent families.

38.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Five Dock had 9,823 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 45.4% of occupied private dwellings in Five Dock.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 36.9% of occupied private dwellings.

32.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

30.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

37.7% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Five Dock had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 26.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 32.7%, while 24.9% had four or more usual residents.

44.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

32.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

2.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.7% walked or cycled.

10.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

One-car households formed 42.4% of the total.

47.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.1% reported a different address.

33.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

64.1% of residents used only English at home.

32.3% used a language other than English at home.

4.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 2.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

33.5% of Five Dock's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 66.5% was born in Australia.

3.7% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 20.2% of ancestry responses in Five Dock.

Australian ancestry made up 20.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 9.9% of responses.

33.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 20.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.1% of workers, and education and training employed 10.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.4%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

38.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.5%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

65.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.5% reported asthma, 7.4% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

36.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 14.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 21.2%.

Median household income was $2,328 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $570 per week.

Working from home was 44.9% in Five Dock, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 32.2% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 37.7% in Five Dock, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.