Minchinbury

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

1,568 family households lived in Minchinbury; 54.7% were couple families and 16.8% were one-parent families.

40.1% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Minchinbury had 5,778 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.5% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 94.2% of occupied private dwellings in Minchinbury.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.4% of occupied private dwellings.

29.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

50.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.5% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Minchinbury had 3.3 people.

One-person households made up 12.3% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 26.3%, while 42.9% had four or more usual residents.

27.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

47.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.

3.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 24.4% of the total.

71.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.2% reported a different address.

37.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

55.8% of residents used only English at home.

39.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 2.8% spoke Hindi.

37.7% of Minchinbury's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 62.3% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

2.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 17.7% of ancestry responses in Minchinbury.

Australian ancestry made up 22.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.6% of responses.

17.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 10.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 17.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.0% of workers, and education and training employed 7.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.8%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

35.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

64.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.6% reported asthma, 5.9% arthritis and 7.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 35.3%.

Median household income was $2,208 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $450 per week.

Working from home was 27.9% in Minchinbury, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 29.3% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 20.5% in Minchinbury, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.