Silverdale

22.7% of Silverdale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

1,288 family households lived in Silverdale; 57.4% were couple families and 8.7% were one-parent families.

42.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Silverdale had 4,543 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

22.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 99.4% of occupied private dwellings in Silverdale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

29.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

60.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

10.0% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Silverdale had 3.3 people.

One-person households made up 9.4% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 28.5%, while 44.0% had four or more usual residents.

24.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

52.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

1.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 12.5% of the total.

86.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.9% reported a different address.

10.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

88.7% of residents used only English at home.

8.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.4% of Silverdale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.6% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 34.9% of ancestry responses in Silverdale.

Australian ancestry made up 40.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

14.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 13.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 18.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.2% of workers, and education and training employed 9.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 71.0%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

39.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.2%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

63.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.6% reported asthma, 7.4% arthritis and 3.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 53.0%.

Median household income was $2,654 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 $500 per week.

Working from home was 24.6% in Silverdale, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 29.5% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 10.0% in Silverdale, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.