Fletcher

27.4% of Fletcher's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

2,180 family households lived in Fletcher; 61.8% were couple families and 11.8% were one-parent families.

55.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Fletcher had 8,014 residents at the 2021 Census.

32.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

13.3% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Separate houses made up 91.8% of occupied private dwellings in Fletcher.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

17.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

54.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.1% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

The average household in Fletcher had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 8.4% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Two-person households represented 26.6%, while 45.2% had four or more usual residents.

21.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

57.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.1% walked or cycled.

1.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 20.3% of the total.

78.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

44.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 55.6% reported a different address.

23.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

75.2% of residents used only English at home.

22.3% used a language other than English at home.

1.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.9% spoke Hindi.

23.2% of Fletcher's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.8% was born in Australia.

1.0% of residents were born in China.

5.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 34.4% of ancestry responses in Fletcher.

Australian ancestry made up 36.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.5% of responses.

27.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 11.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.7% of workers, and education and training employed 9.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 76.1%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

43.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

66.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 5.0% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.0%.

Median household income was $2,545 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,217.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $510 per week.

Working from home was 21.2% in Fletcher, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 17.8% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Renting accounted for 28.1% in Fletcher, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.