Lurnea

24.6% of Lurnea's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

2,412 family households lived in Lurnea; 51.6% were couple families and 24.4% were one-parent families.

46.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Lurnea had 10,057 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

23.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 74.9% of occupied private dwellings in Lurnea.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 21.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.9% of occupied private dwellings.

25.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

31.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

43.0% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Lurnea had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 20.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 23.6%, while 39.6% had four or more usual residents.

19.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

49.9% 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 1.1% walked or cycled.

10.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 36.8% of the total.

52.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.8% reported a different address.

42.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

32.2% of residents used only English at home.

58.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 1.7% spoke Hindi.

42.3% of Lurnea's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 57.7% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 12.3% of ancestry responses in Lurnea.

Australian ancestry made up 16.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.6% of responses.

14.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 7.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.9% of workers, and education and training employed 7.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 37.2%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

17.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 9.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.6%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

60.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.1% reported asthma, 7.4% arthritis and 6.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.2%.

Median household income was $1,239 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,080.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $380 per week.

Working from home was 19.0% in Lurnea, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 25.3% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 43.0% in Lurnea, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.