Leppington

25.6% of Leppington's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

2,564 family households lived in Leppington; 58.4% were couple families and 9.5% were one-parent families.

50.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Leppington had 9,423 residents at the 2021 Census.

36.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

18.5% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 95.1% of occupied private dwellings in Leppington.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.4% of occupied private dwellings.

22.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

51.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.6% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Leppington had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 14.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 25.9%, while 42.2% had four or more usual residents.

33.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

43.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.4% walked or cycled.

2.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 29.2% of the total.

68.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

28.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 71.5% reported a different address.

39.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

48.1% of residents used only English at home.

47.9% used a language other than English at home.

1.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.7% spoke Cantonese and 3.4% spoke Hindi.

39.6% of Leppington's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 60.4% was born in Australia.

1.7% of residents were born in China.

4.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 14.1% of ancestry responses in Leppington.

Australian ancestry made up 17.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 4.9% of responses.

25.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 13.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.9%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

35.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

71.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.1% reported asthma, 5.9% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

30.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.4%.

Median household income was $2,275 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,700.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $550 per week.

Working from home was 33.7% in Leppington, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 22.9% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 25.6% in Leppington, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.