St Ives

20.6% of St Ives's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

5,345 family households lived in St Ives; 54.5% were couple families and 10.9% were one-parent families.

41.3% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

St Ives had 18,384 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 66.2% of occupied private dwellings in St Ives.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 26.1% of occupied private dwellings.

42.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

40.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.9% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in St Ives had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 17.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 30.9%, while 33.7% had four or more usual residents.

53.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

28.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

2.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 35.0% of the total.

62.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.4% reported a different address.

47.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

64.3% of residents used only English at home.

33.4% used a language other than English at home.

13.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 4.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.7% spoke Hindi.

47.7% of St Ives's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 52.3% was born in Australia.

10.3% of residents were born in China.

2.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 29.3% of ancestry responses in St Ives.

Australian ancestry made up 20.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 21.4% of responses.

38.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 23.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.8%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

34.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

68.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.0% reported asthma, 7.2% arthritis and 3.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

41.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 22.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 11.2%.

Median household income was $2,888 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,467.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $688 per week.

Working from home was 53.7% in St Ives, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 42.5% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 16.9% in St Ives, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.