Picnic Point

21.1% of Picnic Point's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

1,810 family households lived in Picnic Point; 55.6% were couple families and 12.8% were one-parent families.

41.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Picnic Point had 6,413 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 75.6% of occupied private dwellings in Picnic Point.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 24.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

40.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

44.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.9% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Picnic Point had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 15.5% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 28.6%, while 37.7% had four or more usual residents.

43.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

32.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.4% 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 25.7% of the total.

70.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.2% reported a different address.

22.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

70.6% of residents used only English at home.

26.8% used a language other than English at home.

2.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 2.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

22.6% of Picnic Point's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 77.4% was born in Australia.

2.7% of residents were born in China.

1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 26.8% of ancestry responses in Picnic Point.

Australian ancestry made up 27.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 6.9% of responses.

26.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 17.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 18.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.0% of workers, and education and training employed 12.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.3%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

34.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.4%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

65.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.1% reported asthma, 8.2% arthritis and 4.0% 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 10.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.0%.

Median household income was $2,459 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 $580 per week.

Working from home was 43.9% in Picnic Point, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 40.9% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 14.9% in Picnic Point, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.