Mayfield East

16.7% of Mayfield East's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

469 family households lived in Mayfield East; 38.0% were couple families and 21.1% were one-parent families.

40.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Mayfield East had 1,794 residents at the 2021 Census.

37.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.3% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 82.5% of occupied private dwellings in Mayfield East.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.1% of occupied private dwellings.

23.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

37.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.8% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Mayfield East had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 31.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 35.3%, while 16.3% had four or more usual residents.

29.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

46.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.0% walked or cycled.

8.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 36.9% of the total.

54.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.6% reported a different address.

12.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

90.9% of residents used only English at home.

7.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

12.1% of Mayfield East's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.9% was born in Australia.

0.8% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.4% of ancestry responses in Mayfield East.

Australian ancestry made up 37.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

31.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 9.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.4% of workers, and education and training employed 11.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.5%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

39.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.1%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

57.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

16.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 9.0% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

33.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.7%.

Median household income was $1,809 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.

Working from home was 29.6% in Mayfield East, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 23.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 38.8% in Mayfield East, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.