Glenbrook

18.6% of Glenbrook's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

1,477 family households lived in Glenbrook; 51.5% were couple families and 10.6% were one-parent families.

35.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Glenbrook had 5,078 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 94.4% of occupied private dwellings in Glenbrook.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.3% of occupied private dwellings.

47.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

39.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.9% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Glenbrook had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 18.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 32.6%, while 31.2% had four or more usual residents.

42.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

35.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

3.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 28.5% of the total.

68.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.3% reported a different address.

14.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

93.4% of residents used only English at home.

5.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

14.5% of Glenbrook's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.5% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 95.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.7% of ancestry responses in Glenbrook.

Australian ancestry made up 41.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

32.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 18.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.4% of workers, and education and training employed 16.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.6%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

35.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.1%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

61.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 8.9% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

34.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 14.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 25.5%.

Median household income was $2,502 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $490 per week.

Working from home was 42.4% in Glenbrook, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 47.4% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 12.9% in Glenbrook, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.