Flinders

22.1% of Flinders's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

2,034 family households lived in Flinders; 51.0% were couple families and 16.5% were one-parent families.

43.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Flinders had 7,118 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

22.9% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 73.5% of occupied private dwellings in Flinders.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 25.7% of occupied private dwellings.

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

29.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

46.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.4% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Flinders had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 15.6% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 30.4%, while 35.9% had four or more usual residents.

20.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

57.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.3% walked or cycled.

2.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 27.3% of the total.

70.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.3% reported a different address.

15.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

81.1% of residents used only English at home.

15.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

15.8% of Flinders's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.2% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.8% of ancestry responses in Flinders.

Australian ancestry made up 34.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

18.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 9.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

35.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.5%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

62.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.2% reported asthma, 8.0% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.2%.

Median household income was $2,103 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 $490 per week.

Working from home was 20.9% in Flinders, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 29.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 24.4% in Flinders, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.