Macquarie Fields

22.9% of Macquarie Fields's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

3,628 family households lived in Macquarie Fields; 49.5% were couple families and 25.9% were one-parent families.

46.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Macquarie Fields had 14,023 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.5% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 70.2% of occupied private dwellings in Macquarie Fields.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 28.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.2% of occupied private dwellings.

21.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

34.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

44.1% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Macquarie Fields had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 21.9% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 25.9%, while 32.8% had four or more usual residents.

22.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

43.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

6.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

11.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

One-car households formed 43.7% of the total.

44.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.6% reported a different address.

40.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

48.3% of residents used only English at home.

43.6% used a language other than English at home.

1.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 2.6% spoke Hindi.

40.4% of Macquarie Fields's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 59.6% was born in Australia.

1.1% of residents were born in China.

5.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 18.4% of ancestry responses in Macquarie Fields.

Australian ancestry made up 21.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.1% of responses.

17.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 6.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.2% of workers, and education and training employed 6.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.5%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

24.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.1%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

59.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.5% reported asthma, 8.7% arthritis and 7.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.1%.

Median household income was $1,374 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $340 per week.

Working from home was 22.2% in Macquarie Fields, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 21.5% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 44.1% in Macquarie Fields, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.