Griffith

19.4% of Griffith's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

5,000 family households lived in Griffith; 44.0% were couple families and 16.4% were one-parent families.

39.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Griffith had 19,505 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.5% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 79.8% of occupied private dwellings in Griffith.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 12.9% of occupied private dwellings.

32.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

28.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

39.1% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Griffith had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 26.5% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 30.8%, while 27.0% had four or more usual residents.

3.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

73.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.6% walked or cycled.

6.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 35.3% of the total.

58.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.4% reported a different address.

27.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

65.1% of residents used only English at home.

28.1% used a language other than English at home.

1.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

27.2% of Griffith's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 72.8% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

9.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 76.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 25.8% of ancestry responses in Griffith.

Australian ancestry made up 26.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.4% of responses.

14.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 12.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.2% of workers, and education and training employed 6.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.1%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

40.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.4%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

61.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.9% reported asthma, 8.0% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.5%.

Median household income was $1,676 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,483.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 3.7% in Griffith, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 32.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 39.1% in Griffith, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.