Oatlands

18.5% of Oatlands's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

1,581 family households lived in Oatlands; 53.3% were couple families and 15.0% were one-parent families.

35.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Oatlands had 5,833 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 61.0% of occupied private dwellings in Oatlands.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 33.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.5% of occupied private dwellings.

37.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

36.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.0% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Oatlands had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 16.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 28.9%, while 36.0% had four or more usual residents.

42.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

36.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

5.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 30.1% of the total.

64.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.8% reported a different address.

38.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

51.9% of residents used only English at home.

44.5% used a language other than English at home.

8.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 5.7% spoke Cantonese and 1.8% spoke Hindi.

38.7% of Oatlands's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 61.3% was born in Australia.

7.7% of residents were born in China.

3.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 16.5% of ancestry responses in Oatlands.

Australian ancestry made up 18.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 17.7% of responses.

30.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 19.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 17.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.6% of workers, and education and training employed 9.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.7%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

30.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.9% worked part time.

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

66.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.0% reported asthma, 6.8% arthritis and 5.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

38.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 19.7%.

Median household income was $2,292 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,817.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $530 per week.

Working from home was 42.2% in Oatlands, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 37.9% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 26.0% in Oatlands, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.