Glenfield

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

2,779 family households lived in Glenfield; 57.1% were couple families and 15.1% were one-parent families.

46.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Glenfield had 10,536 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 69.2% of occupied private dwellings in Glenfield.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 28.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.3% of occupied private dwellings.

22.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

42.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

34.8% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Glenfield had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 15.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 25.8%, while 37.1% had four or more usual residents.

32.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

36.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

7.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

7.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 39.1% of the total.

53.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.7% reported a different address.

49.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

40.4% of residents used only English at home.

52.6% used a language other than English at home.

3.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.6% spoke Cantonese and 3.6% spoke Hindi.

49.4% of Glenfield's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 50.6% was born in Australia.

3.1% of residents were born in China.

9.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 78.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 13.6% of ancestry responses in Glenfield.

Australian ancestry made up 14.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 7.7% of responses.

27.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 9.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.4% of workers, and education and training employed 7.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.3%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

34.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.8%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

66.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.2% reported asthma, 7.3% arthritis and 6.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

30.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 16.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 21.9%.

Median household income was $2,070 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 $420 per week.

Working from home was 32.6% in Glenfield, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 22.7% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 34.8% in Glenfield, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.