Strathfield

11.3% of Strathfield's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

6,169 family households lived in Strathfield; 45.3% were couple families and 10.7% were one-parent families.

27.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Strathfield had 25,915 residents at the 2021 Census.

33.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.4% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 45.4% of occupied private dwellings in Strathfield.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 49.2% of occupied private dwellings.

29.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

24.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

45.6% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Strathfield had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 19.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 29.1%, while 31.8% had four or more usual residents.

32.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

28.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

14.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.3% walked or cycled.

20.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 38.2% of the total.

40.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

49.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 50.8% reported a different address.

59.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

29.4% of residents used only English at home.

65.2% used a language other than English at home.

9.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 7.2% spoke Cantonese and 2.3% spoke Hindi.

59.9% of Strathfield's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 40.1% was born in Australia.

8.6% of residents were born in China.

6.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 64.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 8.2% of ancestry responses in Strathfield.

Australian ancestry made up 7.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 21.7% of responses.

32.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 12.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.0% of workers, and education and training employed 6.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.2%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

29.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.7%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

72.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.0% reported asthma, 4.9% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

41.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 17.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 10.2%.

Median household income was $2,262 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,765.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $480 per week.

Working from home was 32.7% in Strathfield, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 29.8% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 45.6% in Strathfield, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.