Springwood

16.4% of Springwood's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

2,322 family households lived in Springwood; 42.4% were couple families and 14.0% were one-parent families.

33.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Springwood had 8,423 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 82.0% of occupied private dwellings in Springwood.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.8% of occupied private dwellings.

41.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

40.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.3% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Springwood had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 29.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 35.0%, while 22.6% had four or more usual residents.

38.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

38.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

7.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 36.8% of the total.

56.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.7% reported a different address.

16.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

90.3% of residents used only English at home.

5.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

16.7% of Springwood's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.3% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.3% of ancestry responses in Springwood.

Australian ancestry made up 39.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

33.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 13.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.1% of workers, and education and training employed 17.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.2%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

30.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

51.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.4% reported asthma, 12.8% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 28.5%.

Median household income was $1,778 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,143.

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

Working from home was 38.3% in Springwood, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 41.6% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 18.3% in Springwood, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.