Metford

20.1% of Metford's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,295 family households lived in Metford; 37.6% were couple families and 23.4% were one-parent families.

39.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Metford had 4,707 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.2% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 84.1% of occupied private dwellings in Metford.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.0% of occupied private dwellings.

24.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

37.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.5% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Metford had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 24.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 34.6%, while 23.9% had four or more usual residents.

12.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

63.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.4% walked or cycled.

5.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

One-car households formed 33.9% of the total.

60.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.3% reported a different address.

9.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

88.4% of residents used only English at home.

7.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.5% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

9.7% of Metford's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.3% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.3% of ancestry responses in Metford.

Australian ancestry made up 42.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.7% of responses.

11.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 7.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.1% of workers, and education and training employed 5.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.7%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

34.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.9%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

49.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

17.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.4% reported asthma, 11.3% arthritis and 6.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 53.4%.

Median household income was $1,484 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,625.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 12.5% in Metford, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 24.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 38.5% in Metford, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.