Sydney

5.1% of Sydney's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

3,520 family households lived in Sydney; 17.4% were couple families and 8.3% were one-parent families.

16.6% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Sydney had 16,667 residents at the 2021 Census.

59.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

13.3% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Separate houses made up 0.1% of occupied private dwellings in Sydney.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 99.2% of occupied private dwellings.

13.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

11.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

74.8% rented their home. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Sydney had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 37.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 37.9%, while 13.4% had four or more usual residents.

39.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

6.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

14.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 19.0% walked or cycled.

60.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 33.6% of the total.

6.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

24.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 75.5% reported a different address.

70.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

31.6% of residents used only English at home.

60.5% used a language other than English at home.

12.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 4.4% spoke Cantonese and 1.6% spoke Hindi.

70.9% of Sydney's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 29.1% was born in Australia.

9.7% of residents were born in China.

3.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 41.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 13.2% of ancestry responses in Sydney.

Australian ancestry made up 7.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 29.0% of responses.

32.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 15.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.2% of workers, and education and training employed 3.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.9%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

32.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.8%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

77.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

3.4% reported asthma, 1.8% arthritis and 1.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

40.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 17.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 7.7%.

Median household income was $2,227 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,691.

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

Working from home was 39.3% in Sydney, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 13.8% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Renting accounted for 74.8% in Sydney, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.