Lavington

17.5% of Lavington's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

3,314 family households lived in Lavington; 33.4% were couple families and 23.5% were one-parent families.

37.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Lavington had 13,073 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.0% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 75.5% of occupied private dwellings in Lavington.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 22.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.6% of occupied private dwellings.

31.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

27.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

41.1% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Lavington had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 37.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 33.4%, while 17.6% had four or more usual residents.

6.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

72.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.6% walked or cycled.

9.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 44.1% of the total.

46.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.7% reported a different address.

15.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

81.5% of residents used only English at home.

12.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

15.3% of Lavington's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.7% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

2.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.0% of ancestry responses in Lavington.

Australian ancestry made up 37.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

12.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 8.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.1% of workers, and education and training employed 7.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.9%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

29.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.5%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

51.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 11.4% arthritis and 6.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.2%.

Median household income was $1,130 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,257.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 6.1% in Lavington, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 31.1% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 41.1% in Lavington, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.