Suffolk Park

16.9% of Suffolk Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

991 family households lived in Suffolk Park; 40.6% were couple families and 16.9% were one-parent families.

38.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Suffolk Park had 4,222 residents at the 2021 Census.

32.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.0% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 68.8% of occupied private dwellings in Suffolk Park.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 28.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.4% of occupied private dwellings.

34.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

31.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.8% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Suffolk Park had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 21.6% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 33.9%, while 26.4% had four or more usual residents.

26.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

50.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.4% walked or cycled.

3.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 32.2% of the total.

64.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

47.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 52.9% reported a different address.

25.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

80.3% of residents used only English at home.

12.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

25.4% of Suffolk Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 74.6% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.6% of ancestry responses in Suffolk Park.

Australian ancestry made up 28.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

28.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 17.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.5% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.1%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

26.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 29.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.8%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

66.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.7% reported asthma, 6.3% arthritis and 1.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

34.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 24.3%.

Median household income was $2,020 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,383.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $700 per week.

Working from home was 26.5% in Suffolk Park, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 34.4% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 33.8% in Suffolk Park, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.