Picton

20.4% of Picton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

1,491 family households lived in Picton; 49.0% were couple families and 13.4% were one-parent families.

38.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Picton had 5,282 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.7% 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 90.3% of occupied private dwellings in Picton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.8% of occupied private dwellings.

32.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

48.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

19.5% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Picton had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 20.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 32.1%, while 31.3% had four or more usual residents.

26.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

50.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.6% walked or cycled.

4.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 25.9% of the total.

70.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.2% reported a different address.

11.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

92.0% of residents used only English at home.

4.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

11.9% of Picton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.1% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.9% of ancestry responses in Picton.

Australian ancestry made up 41.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

18.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 15.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.5% of workers, and education and training employed 9.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.3%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

37.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.3%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

59.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 9.3% arthritis and 4.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.6%.

Median household income was $2,181 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,383.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $375 per week.

Working from home was 26.1% in Picton, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 32.1% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 19.5% in Picton, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.