Schofields

28.2% of Schofields's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

4,222 family households lived in Schofields; 64.7% were couple families and 10.8% were one-parent families.

61.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Schofields had 15,213 residents at the 2021 Census.

43.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

9.5% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Separate houses made up 83.2% of occupied private dwellings in Schofields.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 10.6% of occupied private dwellings.

8.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

59.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.0% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Schofields had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 9.7% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 22.6%, while 41.8% had four or more usual residents.

46.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

30.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

4.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.4% walked or cycled.

2.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 43.4% of the total.

54.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

21.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 78.2% reported a different address.

51.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

40.3% of residents used only English at home.

55.4% used a language other than English at home.

2.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.9% spoke Cantonese and 8.1% spoke Hindi.

51.7% of Schofields's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 48.3% was born in Australia.

2.3% of residents were born in China.

24.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 75.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 13.9% of ancestry responses in Schofields.

Australian ancestry made up 15.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.3% of responses.

34.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 13.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.9% of workers, and education and training employed 6.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 74.1%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

47.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

75.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.1% reported asthma, 2.6% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

39.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 21.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 16.5%.

Median household income was $2,696 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,600.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $540 per week.

Working from home was 46.0% in Schofields, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 8.3% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Renting accounted for 32.0% in Schofields, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.