Raby

21.4% of Raby's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

1,705 family households lived in Raby; 48.2% were couple families and 18.5% were one-parent families.

39.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Raby had 5,943 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.4% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 92.3% of occupied private dwellings in Raby.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

31.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

47.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.4% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Raby 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 32.0%, while 34.1% had four or more usual residents.

25.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

46.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.4% walked or cycled.

2.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 30.5% of the total.

67.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

27.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

69.2% of residents used only English at home.

26.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 1.0% spoke Hindi.

27.5% of Raby's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 72.5% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

2.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 27.8% of ancestry responses in Raby.

Australian ancestry made up 31.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.7% of responses.

14.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 10.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 17.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.7%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

32.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.8%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

60.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.4% reported asthma, 9.4% arthritis and 6.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.9%.

Median household income was $1,907 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $410 per week.

Working from home was 25.5% in Raby, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 31.8% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 20.4% in Raby, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.