Frenchs Forest

22.1% of Frenchs Forest's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

3,956 family households lived in Frenchs Forest; 61.2% were couple families and 10.3% were one-parent families.

44.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Frenchs Forest had 14,267 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.8% 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 92.4% of occupied private dwellings in Frenchs Forest.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.1% of occupied private dwellings.

37.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

46.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.8% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Frenchs Forest had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 12.3% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 25.1%, while 45.1% had four or more usual residents.

45.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

33.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

1.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.7% walked or cycled.

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

One-car households formed 25.5% of the total.

72.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.6% reported a different address.

29.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

80.5% of residents used only English at home.

17.4% used a language other than English at home.

2.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

29.4% of Frenchs Forest's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 70.6% was born in Australia.

2.3% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.8% of ancestry responses in Frenchs Forest.

Australian ancestry made up 32.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.9% of responses.

30.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 20.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.2% of workers, and education and training employed 10.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.0%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

37.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.0% worked part time.

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

67.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.4% reported asthma, 6.4% arthritis and 3.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

36.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 23.6%.

Median household income was $3,109 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,467.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $800 per week.

Working from home was 45.2% in Frenchs Forest, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 37.3% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 15.8% in Frenchs Forest, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.