St Andrews

21.2% of St Andrews's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

1,590 family households lived in St Andrews; 48.3% were couple families and 21.0% were one-parent families.

39.2% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

St Andrews had 5,785 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.9% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 95.0% of occupied private dwellings in St Andrews.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.1% of occupied private dwellings.

29.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

46.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.9% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in St Andrews had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 16.3% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 29.6%, while 33.7% had four or more usual residents.

23.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

47.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.5% walked or cycled.

2.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 32.1% of the total.

65.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.9% reported a different address.

31.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

62.4% of residents used only English at home.

31.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 2.1% spoke Hindi.

31.3% of St Andrews's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 68.7% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

3.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 23.8% of ancestry responses in St Andrews.

Australian ancestry made up 27.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.7% of responses.

14.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 8.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.1% of workers, and education and training employed 7.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.5%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

30.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.2%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

57.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 9.3% arthritis and 7.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.8%.

Median household income was $1,837 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 $400 per week.

Working from home was 23.9% in St Andrews, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 29.4% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 23.9% in St Andrews, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.