Milperra

20.8% of Milperra's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

1,151 family households lived in Milperra; 52.7% were couple families and 14.4% were one-parent families.

40.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Milperra had 4,074 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.7% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 94.6% of occupied private dwellings in Milperra.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

42.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

46.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.2% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Milperra had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 15.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 30.2%, while 37.4% had four or more usual residents.

34.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

37.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.

2.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 25.5% of the total.

72.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

73.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.4% reported a different address.

17.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

77.6% of residents used only English at home.

19.9% used a language other than English at home.

1.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

17.2% of Milperra's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.8% was born in Australia.

1.4% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 30.7% of ancestry responses in Milperra.

Australian ancestry made up 36.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.4% of responses.

20.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 14.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 18.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.0% of workers, and education and training employed 12.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.1%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

29.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

63.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.0% reported asthma, 9.9% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.8%.

Median household income was $2,117 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,600.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $538 per week.

Working from home was 34.0% in Milperra, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 42.5% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 11.2% in Milperra, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.