Illawong

17.4% of Illawong's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

2,211 family households lived in Illawong; 51.5% were couple families and 9.2% were one-parent families.

31.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Illawong had 7,427 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 92.7% of occupied private dwellings in Illawong.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.6% of occupied private dwellings.

50.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

41.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

8.1% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Illawong had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 9.8% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 34.9%, while 37.7% had four or more usual residents.

38.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

40.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

1.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 17.5% of the total.

81.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

75.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 24.9% reported a different address.

23.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

73.8% of residents used only English at home.

23.9% used a language other than English at home.

1.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.8% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

23.8% of Illawong's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.2% was born in Australia.

2.4% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 29.7% of ancestry responses in Illawong.

Australian ancestry made up 27.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 6.1% of responses.

27.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 17.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.4% of workers, and education and training employed 11.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.5%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

34.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.1%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

64.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.6% reported asthma, 8.3% arthritis and 4.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

31.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.4%.

Median household income was $2,778 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,976.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $650 per week.

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

Outright ownership was 50.2% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 8.1% in Illawong, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.