Smithfield

19.6% of Smithfield's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

3,248 family households lived in Smithfield; 51.2% were couple families and 22.4% were one-parent families.

39.1% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Smithfield had 13,160 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 77.3% of occupied private dwellings in Smithfield.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 10.2% of occupied private dwellings.

28.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

27.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

44.5% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Smithfield had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 23.0% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Two-person households represented 23.4%, while 38.0% had four or more usual residents.

23.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

47.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

11.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

One-car households formed 35.5% of the total.

52.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.1% reported a different address.

52.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

31.2% of residents used only English at home.

62.0% used a language other than English at home.

1.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

52.1% of Smithfield's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 47.9% was born in Australia.

1.0% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 76.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 10.0% of ancestry responses in Smithfield.

Australian ancestry made up 12.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.3% of responses.

15.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 8.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.5% of workers, and education and training employed 6.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 38.3%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

17.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 10.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.0%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

61.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.1% reported asthma, 8.8% arthritis and 7.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.3%.

Median household income was $1,300 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 23.2% in Smithfield, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 28.3% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Renting accounted for 44.5% in Smithfield, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.