Homebush West

15.5% of Homebush West's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

2,219 family households lived in Homebush West; 45.2% were couple families and 10.9% were one-parent families.

40.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Homebush West had 9,108 residents at the 2021 Census.

50.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

12.8% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Separate houses made up 5.0% of occupied private dwellings in Homebush West.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 92.4% of occupied private dwellings.

9.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

28.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

62.9% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Homebush West had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 22.2% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 30.5%, while 25.0% had four or more usual residents.

32.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

29.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

11.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.1% walked or cycled.

15.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 57.4% of the total.

27.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

32.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 67.8% reported a different address.

68.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

18.4% of residents used only English at home.

73.0% used a language other than English at home.

12.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 7.4% spoke Cantonese and 3.9% spoke Hindi.

68.2% of Homebush West's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 31.8% was born in Australia.

12.5% of residents were born in China.

17.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 49.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 7.7% of ancestry responses in Homebush West.

Australian ancestry made up 4.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 24.2% of responses.

29.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Managers accounted for 8.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.4% of workers, and education and training employed 5.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.7%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

34.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.1%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

76.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

3.5% reported asthma, 2.2% arthritis and 2.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

37.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 22.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 9.2%.

Median household income was $1,952 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $431 per week.

Working from home was 32.2% in Homebush West, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 9.0% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Renting accounted for 62.9% in Homebush West, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.