Merrylands

20.7% of Merrylands's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

7,552 family households lived in Merrylands; 53.4% were couple families and 18.5% were one-parent families.

43.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Merrylands had 32,472 residents at the 2021 Census.

33.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

21.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 48.8% of occupied private dwellings in Merrylands.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 36.6% of occupied private dwellings.

23.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

27.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

49.0% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Merrylands had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 22.7% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 24.3%, while 35.2% had four or more usual residents.

27.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

38.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

6.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.8% walked or cycled.

13.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 40.8% of the total.

45.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.2% reported a different address.

50.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

26.2% of residents used only English at home.

63.8% used a language other than English at home.

5.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 2.5% spoke Cantonese and 1.5% spoke Hindi.

50.1% of Merrylands's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 49.9% was born in Australia.

5.4% of residents were born in China.

3.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 70.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 8.2% of ancestry responses in Merrylands.

Australian ancestry made up 10.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 10.0% of responses.

20.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 9.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.9% of workers, and education and training employed 6.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 45.6%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

20.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.5%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

66.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.9% reported asthma, 5.2% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 21.9%.

Median household income was $1,470 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,100.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 27.4% in Merrylands, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 23.3% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 49.0% in Merrylands, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.