South Windsor

20.7% of South Windsor's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

1,544 family households lived in South Windsor; 39.6% were couple families and 26.9% were one-parent families.

42.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

South Windsor had 5,948 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.8% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Separate houses made up 76.0% of occupied private dwellings in South Windsor.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 22.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.5% of occupied private dwellings.

17.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

37.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

45.1% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in South Windsor had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 29.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 30.3%, while 22.7% had four or more usual residents.

19.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

55.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.4% walked or cycled.

8.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 39.2% of the total.

52.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.1% reported a different address.

14.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

84.3% of residents used only English at home.

8.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

14.2% of South Windsor's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.8% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

1.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.8% of ancestry responses in South Windsor.

Australian ancestry made up 40.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

13.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 9.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.0% of workers, and education and training employed 7.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.2%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

31.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.9% worked part time.

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

53.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.4% reported asthma, 9.1% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.9%.

Median household income was $1,466 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 $360 per week.

Working from home was 19.7% in South Windsor, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 17.8% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 45.1% in South Windsor, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.