Penrith

14.9% of Penrith's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

4,312 family households lived in Penrith; 30.9% were couple families and 25.2% were one-parent families.

36.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Penrith had 17,966 residents at the 2021 Census.

33.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.8% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 36.1% of occupied private dwellings in Penrith.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 20.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 43.4% of occupied private dwellings.

16.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

21.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

62.6% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Penrith had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 41.3% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 32.8%, while 13.1% had four or more usual residents.

28.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

42.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

3.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.8% walked or cycled.

16.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 51.4% of the total.

31.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

39.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 61.0% reported a different address.

24.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

71.9% of residents used only English at home.

18.2% used a language other than English at home.

1.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.9% spoke Hindi.

24.5% of Penrith's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 75.5% was born in Australia.

1.7% of residents were born in China.

2.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 31.3% of ancestry responses in Penrith.

Australian ancestry made up 30.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.7% of responses.

21.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 10.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.2%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

32.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.2%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

51.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 9.3% arthritis and 5.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.4%.

Median household income was $1,397 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,783.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $380 per week.

Working from home was 28.4% in Penrith, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 16.0% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 62.6% in Penrith, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.