St Marys

21.3% of St Marys's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

3,211 family households lived in St Marys; 41.6% were couple families and 26.3% were one-parent families.

44.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

St Marys had 13,256 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

23.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 51.2% of occupied private dwellings in St Marys.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 30.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 18.6% of occupied private dwellings.

18.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

27.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

54.2% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in St Marys had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 31.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 28.5%, while 23.3% had four or more usual residents.

20.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

49.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

3.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

12.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 46.2% of the total.

41.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.5% reported a different address.

33.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

59.0% of residents used only English at home.

30.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 1.6% spoke Hindi.

33.3% of St Marys's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 66.7% was born in Australia.

0.8% of residents were born in China.

3.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 76.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 22.0% of ancestry responses in St Marys.

Australian ancestry made up 23.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.2% of responses.

13.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 7.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.9% of workers, and education and training employed 6.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.2%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

29.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.3%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

56.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.9% reported asthma, 7.9% arthritis and 6.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.2%.

Median household income was $1,437 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,847.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $365 per week.

Working from home was 20.5% in St Marys, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 18.4% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 54.2% in St Marys, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.