St Clair (Penrith - NSW)

20.9% of St Clair (Penrith - NSW)'s residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

5,575 family households lived in St Clair (Penrith - NSW); 50.1% were couple families and 17.5% were one-parent families.

39.7% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

St Clair (Penrith - NSW) had 19,942 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.3% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Separate houses made up 98.4% of occupied private dwellings in St Clair (Penrith - NSW).

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.

31.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

47.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.7% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in St Clair (Penrith - NSW) had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 14.3% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 30.1%, while 35.9% had four or more usual residents.

24.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

50.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.5% walked or cycled.

3.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 26.5% of the total.

70.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.3% reported a different address.

27.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

71.0% of residents used only English at home.

24.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 1.0% spoke Hindi.

27.1% of St Clair (Penrith - NSW)'s population was born outside Australia, while roughly 72.9% was born in Australia.

0.6% of residents were born in China.

2.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 26.8% of ancestry responses in St Clair (Penrith - NSW).

Australian ancestry made up 30.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.9% of responses.

13.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 9.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 17.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.9% of workers, and education and training employed 6.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.9%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

35.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.1% worked part time.

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

61.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.6% reported asthma, 8.0% arthritis and 6.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.9%.

Median household income was $2,067 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 $440 per week.

Working from home was 24.3% in St Clair (Penrith - NSW), compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 31.2% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 21.7% in St Clair (Penrith - NSW), against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.