Mardi

21.0% of Mardi's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

1,007 family households lived in Mardi; 47.3% were couple families and 21.3% were one-parent families.

40.9% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Mardi had 3,598 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 77.8% of occupied private dwellings in Mardi.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 20.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.9% of occupied private dwellings.

29.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

40.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.1% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Mardi had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 18.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 31.4%, while 32.3% had four or more usual residents.

23.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

50.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.6% walked or cycled.

3.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 33.2% of the total.

63.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.0% reported a different address.

19.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

84.1% of residents used only English at home.

11.9% used a language other than English at home.

1.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

19.6% of Mardi's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.4% was born in Australia.

1.0% of residents were born in China.

1.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.3% of ancestry responses in Mardi.

Australian ancestry made up 37.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.5% of responses.

19.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 11.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.2%.

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

34.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

56.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.0% reported asthma, 9.3% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.7%.

Median household income was $1,955 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,913.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $440 per week.

Working from home was 23.8% in Mardi, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 29.2% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 30.1% in Mardi, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.