Macquarie Park

11.2% of Macquarie Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

2,736 family households lived in Macquarie Park; 30.5% were couple families and 10.9% were one-parent families.

31.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Macquarie Park had 11,071 residents at the 2021 Census.

50.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

13.7% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Separate houses made up 0.0% of occupied private dwellings in Macquarie Park.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 89.5% of occupied private dwellings.

10.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

21.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

68.0% rented their home. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Macquarie Park had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 35.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 40.7%, while 7.9% had four or more usual residents.

50.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

18.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

6.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.0% walked or cycled.

27.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 58.3% of the total.

14.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

17.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 82.4% reported a different address.

65.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

33.3% of residents used only English at home.

61.4% used a language other than English at home.

18.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 6.6% spoke Cantonese and 4.5% spoke Hindi.

65.6% of Macquarie Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 34.4% was born in Australia.

16.7% of residents were born in China.

10.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 51.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 12.3% of ancestry responses in Macquarie Park.

Australian ancestry made up 10.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 30.1% of responses.

43.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 12.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.8%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

40.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.7%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

74.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.9% reported asthma, 3.1% arthritis and 2.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

43.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 28.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 7.4%.

Median household income was $1,886 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,340.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $460 per week.

Working from home was 50.5% in Macquarie Park, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 10.5% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Renting accounted for 68.0% in Macquarie Park, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.