Prestons

22.5% of Prestons's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

4,000 family households lived in Prestons; 63.7% were couple families and 15.5% were one-parent families.

45.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Prestons had 15,694 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

21.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 92.5% of occupied private dwellings in Prestons.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.

24.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

57.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.7% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Prestons had 3.6 people.

One-person households made up 8.8% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 18.7%, while 54.5% had four or more usual residents.

29.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

45.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.5% walked or cycled.

2.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 21.3% of the total.

75.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

74.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 25.5% reported a different address.

43.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

39.3% of residents used only English at home.

55.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.3% spoke Cantonese and 6.7% spoke Hindi.

43.1% of Prestons's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 56.9% was born in Australia.

0.9% of residents were born in China.

3.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 10.4% of ancestry responses in Prestons.

Australian ancestry made up 14.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 4.4% of responses.

21.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 10.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.5% of workers, and education and training employed 9.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.9%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

31.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.0% worked part time.

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

68.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.0% reported asthma, 5.5% arthritis and 6.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.7%.

Median household income was $2,310 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $520 per week.

Working from home was 29.4% in Prestons, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 24.2% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 18.7% in Prestons, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.