Oakhurst

21.2% of Oakhurst's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

1,832 family households lived in Oakhurst; 55.9% were couple families and 18.0% were one-parent families.

41.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Oakhurst had 6,947 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

22.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 94.7% of occupied private dwellings in Oakhurst.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

22.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

50.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.2% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Oakhurst had 3.3 people.

One-person households made up 12.4% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 24.3%, while 44.3% had four or more usual residents.

24.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

48.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

2.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

3.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 30.0% of the total.

66.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.4% reported a different address.

41.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

49.2% of residents used only English at home.

44.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 4.4% spoke Hindi.

41.8% of Oakhurst's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 58.2% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

3.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 16.0% of ancestry responses in Oakhurst.

Australian ancestry made up 18.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.8% of responses.

16.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 7.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.9% of workers, and education and training employed 6.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.8%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

34.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

62.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.0% reported asthma, 6.3% arthritis and 7.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.1%.

Median household income was $2,097 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,013.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $418 per week.

Working from home was 24.0% in Oakhurst, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 22.3% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 27.2% in Oakhurst, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.