Lalor Park

19.6% of Lalor Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

2,013 family households lived in Lalor Park; 43.8% were couple families and 24.1% were one-parent families.

41.1% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Lalor Park had 7,834 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.5% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Separate houses made up 90.6% of occupied private dwellings in Lalor Park.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.4% of occupied private dwellings.

23.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

33.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

43.9% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Lalor Park had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 28.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 28.8%, while 25.1% had four or more usual residents.

27.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

41.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

2.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

14.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 38.4% of the total.

47.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.7% reported a different address.

28.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

64.6% of residents used only English at home.

27.9% used a language other than English at home.

1.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.9% spoke Cantonese and 1.3% spoke Hindi.

28.9% of Lalor Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 71.1% was born in Australia.

1.2% of residents were born in China.

3.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 26.1% of ancestry responses in Lalor Park.

Australian ancestry made up 30.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.7% of responses.

19.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 9.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.9% of workers, and education and training employed 7.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.5%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

27.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.0% worked part time.

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

56.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.9% reported asthma, 9.3% arthritis and 6.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 35.7%.

Median household income was $1,460 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,041.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 27.8% in Lalor Park, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 23.1% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 43.9% in Lalor Park, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.