Macquarie Links

18.7% of Macquarie Links's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

409 family households lived in Macquarie Links; 59.7% were couple families and 10.3% were one-parent families.

34.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Macquarie Links had 1,455 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

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

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.4% of occupied private dwellings.

27.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

58.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.1% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Macquarie Links had 3.4 people.

One-person households made up 7.0% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 25.3%, while 47.0% had four or more usual residents.

38.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

40.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

2.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

0.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 16.9% of the total.

80.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

73.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.7% reported a different address.

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

51.5% of residents used only English at home.

46.7% used a language other than English at home.

1.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.9% spoke Cantonese and 4.3% spoke Hindi.

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

2.1% of residents were born in China.

4.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 18.3% of ancestry responses in Macquarie Links.

Australian ancestry made up 20.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 7.1% of responses.

27.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 20.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.4% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.4%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

40.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.8%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

67.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.6% reported asthma, 5.5% arthritis and 7.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

36.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 22.8%.

Median household income was $3,135 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $580 per week.

Working from home was 38.1% in Macquarie Links, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 27.9% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 14.1% in Macquarie Links, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.