Homebush

14.6% of Homebush's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

3,049 family households lived in Homebush; 42.3% were couple families and 11.5% were one-parent families.

37.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Homebush had 11,660 residents at the 2021 Census.

52.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

12.6% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Separate houses made up 12.2% of occupied private dwellings in Homebush.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 81.7% of occupied private dwellings.

11.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

30.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

58.1% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Homebush had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 20.9% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 35.5%, while 21.7% had four or more usual residents.

39.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

27.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

10.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% walked or cycled.

15.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 57.3% of the total.

27.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

28.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 71.4% reported a different address.

67.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

25.3% of residents used only English at home.

69.8% used a language other than English at home.

13.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 5.6% spoke Cantonese and 4.3% spoke Hindi.

67.8% of Homebush's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 32.2% was born in Australia.

12.6% of residents were born in China.

19.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 53.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 9.1% of ancestry responses in Homebush.

Australian ancestry made up 6.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 23.1% of responses.

34.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 10.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.6%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

38.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.4%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

78.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

3.6% reported asthma, 2.4% arthritis and 3.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

41.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 23.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 9.7%.

Median household income was $2,101 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 $470 per week.

Working from home was 39.9% in Homebush, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 11.0% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Renting accounted for 58.1% in Homebush, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.