Mayfield West

17.7% of Mayfield West's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

495 family households lived in Mayfield West; 37.8% were couple families and 20.8% were one-parent families.

36.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Mayfield West had 1,993 residents at the 2021 Census.

32.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 79.7% of occupied private dwellings in Mayfield West.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.4% of occupied private dwellings.

24.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

35.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

40.3% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Mayfield West had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 33.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 31.1%, while 19.6% had four or more usual residents.

21.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

53.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.4% walked or cycled.

11.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 36.8% of the total.

50.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.5% reported a different address.

10.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

87.2% of residents used only English at home.

6.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

10.9% of Mayfield West's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.1% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.1% of ancestry responses in Mayfield West.

Australian ancestry made up 38.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.6% of responses.

26.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 11.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.3% of workers, and education and training employed 10.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

34.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.1%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

50.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

15.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.9% reported asthma, 9.3% arthritis and 5.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.5%.

Median household income was $1,592 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,844.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $370 per week.

Working from home was 21.3% in Mayfield West, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 24.5% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 40.3% in Mayfield West, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.