Forestville

20.9% of Forestville's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

2,338 family households lived in Forestville; 58.0% were couple families and 12.3% were one-parent families.

41.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Forestville had 8,659 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 80.3% of occupied private dwellings in Forestville.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.5% of occupied private dwellings.

41.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

38.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.4% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Forestville had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 21.0% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 24.8%, while 38.1% had four or more usual residents.

47.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

31.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

2.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.6% walked or cycled.

6.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 34.1% of the total.

58.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.4% reported a different address.

32.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

71.7% of residents used only English at home.

24.4% used a language other than English at home.

2.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 3.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

32.0% of Forestville's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 68.0% was born in Australia.

3.0% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 34.8% of ancestry responses in Forestville.

Australian ancestry made up 29.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 8.8% of responses.

32.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 21.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.6% of workers, and education and training employed 10.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.2%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

33.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.2%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

64.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.7% reported asthma, 7.6% arthritis and 4.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

37.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 14.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 18.8%.

Median household income was $2,507 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,250.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $650 per week.

Working from home was 47.4% in Forestville, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 41.1% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 20.4% in Forestville, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.