Gorokan

17.6% of Gorokan's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

2,268 family households lived in Gorokan; 32.0% were couple families and 28.4% were one-parent families.

36.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Gorokan had 8,624 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 78.3% of occupied private dwellings in Gorokan.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 17.6% of occupied private dwellings.

31.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

29.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.2% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Gorokan had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 33.3% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 34.2%, while 18.0% had four or more usual residents.

15.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

58.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

8.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 44.3% of the total.

47.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.0% reported a different address.

12.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

87.8% of residents used only English at home.

5.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.0% of Gorokan's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.0% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.8% of ancestry responses in Gorokan.

Australian ancestry made up 41.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

12.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 7.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.9% of workers, and education and training employed 6.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.0%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

23.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.3%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

47.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.7% reported asthma, 13.8% arthritis and 7.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 51.5%.

Median household income was $1,156 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,603.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 15.3% in Gorokan, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 31.9% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 38.2% in Gorokan, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.