St Helens Park

23.4% of St Helens Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

1,846 family households lived in St Helens Park; 48.6% were couple families and 24.0% were one-parent families.

45.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

St Helens Park had 6,647 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

20.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 89.3% of occupied private dwellings in St Helens Park.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

21.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

49.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.5% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in St Helens Park had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 16.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 28.6%, while 34.5% had four or more usual residents.

22.2% 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.

1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.5% walked or cycled.

3.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 32.8% of the total.

63.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.4% reported a different address.

23.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

73.1% of residents used only English at home.

23.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 1.2% spoke Hindi.

23.6% of St Helens Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.4% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 30.3% of ancestry responses in St Helens Park.

Australian ancestry made up 34.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

13.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 9.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.7% of workers, and education and training employed 7.9%.

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

32.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

59.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 8.7% arthritis and 6.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.9%.

Median household income was $1,850 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,966.

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

Working from home was 22.2% in St Helens Park, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 21.5% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 29.5% in St Helens Park, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.