St Ives Chase

23.6% of St Ives Chase's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

946 family households lived in St Ives Chase; 61.5% were couple families and 8.2% were one-parent families.

45.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

St Ives Chase had 3,283 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 95.9% of occupied private dwellings in St Ives Chase.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.7% of occupied private dwellings.

43.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

48.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.3% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in St Ives Chase had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 8.8% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 27.8%, while 46.7% had four or more usual residents.

57.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

25.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.

1.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 19.8% of the total.

79.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.1% reported a different address.

46.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

65.3% of residents used only English at home.

33.2% used a language other than English at home.

16.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 3.9% spoke Cantonese and 0.9% spoke Hindi.

46.6% of St Ives Chase's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 53.4% was born in Australia.

12.6% of residents were born in China.

1.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 30.4% of ancestry responses in St Ives Chase.

Australian ancestry made up 22.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 24.0% of responses.

37.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 23.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.8%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

35.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

70.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.5% reported asthma, 5.4% arthritis and 3.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

42.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 23.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 12.0%.

Median household income was $3,306 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $4,223.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $950 per week.

Working from home was 57.0% in St Ives Chase, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 43.8% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 7.3% in St Ives Chase, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.