Seaforth

23.2% of Seaforth's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

2,009 family households lived in Seaforth; 61.2% were couple families and 10.2% were one-parent families.

46.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Seaforth had 7,384 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.0% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 86.6% of occupied private dwellings in Seaforth.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.1% of occupied private dwellings.

39.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

44.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.5% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Seaforth had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 11.5% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 27.4%, while 44.3% had four or more usual residents.

55.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

25.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

1.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

2.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 28.5% of the total.

68.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.3% reported a different address.

32.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

81.9% of residents used only English at home.

15.0% used a language other than English at home.

2.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

32.4% of Seaforth's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 67.6% was born in Australia.

2.5% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.6% of ancestry responses in Seaforth.

Australian ancestry made up 29.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 6.1% of responses.

35.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 28.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.5%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

36.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.4% worked part time.

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

69.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

6.3% reported asthma, 5.1% arthritis and 2.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

43.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 16.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 13.9%.

Median household income was $4,184 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $4,333.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $875 per week.

Working from home was 55.3% in Seaforth, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 39.3% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 16.5% in Seaforth, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.