St Leonards

11.0% of St Leonards's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

1,944 family households lived in St Leonards; 29.5% were couple families and 8.4% were one-parent families.

29.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

St Leonards had 7,212 residents at the 2021 Census.

58.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

14.0% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Separate houses made up 2.8% of occupied private dwellings in St Leonards.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 96.3% of occupied private dwellings.

12.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

17.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

69.6% rented their home. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in St Leonards had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 39.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 40.1%, while 7.5% had four or more usual residents.

61.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

12.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

6.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.5% walked or cycled.

30.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 56.6% of the total.

12.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

22.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 77.3% reported a different address.

58.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

47.5% of residents used only English at home.

47.3% used a language other than English at home.

11.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 7.9% spoke Cantonese and 2.6% spoke Hindi.

58.6% of St Leonards's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 41.4% was born in Australia.

9.6% of residents were born in China.

5.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 64.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 17.9% of ancestry responses in St Leonards.

Australian ancestry made up 13.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 26.2% of responses.

48.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 21.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.7% of workers, and education and training employed 5.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 77.7%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

56.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

72.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.8% reported asthma, 2.6% arthritis and 2.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

46.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 25.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 6.6%.

Median household income was $2,475 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,600.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $600 per week.

Working from home was 61.7% in St Leonards, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 12.4% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Renting accounted for 69.6% in St Leonards, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.