Islington

13.2% of Islington's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

494 family households lived in Islington; 33.2% were couple families and 18.6% were one-parent families.

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

Islington had 2,026 residents at the 2021 Census.

37.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

20.7% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 55.8% of occupied private dwellings in Islington.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 30.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 11.7% of occupied private dwellings.

20.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

31.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

47.8% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Islington had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 33.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 36.6%, while 12.8% had four or more usual residents.

28.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

45.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.7% walked or cycled.

9.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 45.8% of the total.

44.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

42.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 57.8% reported a different address.

13.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

90.1% of residents used only English at home.

6.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

13.6% of Islington's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.4% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.9% of ancestry responses in Islington.

Australian ancestry made up 37.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

32.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 13.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.5% of workers, and education and training employed 11.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 74.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

41.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 25.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

59.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

15.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 6.2% arthritis and 2.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

34.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 26.4%.

Median household income was $1,828 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 $430 per week.

Working from home was 28.9% in Islington, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 20.8% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Renting accounted for 47.8% in Islington, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.