Sylvania

17.3% of Sylvania's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

2,980 family households lived in Sylvania; 47.7% were couple families and 15.0% were one-parent families.

35.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Sylvania had 10,749 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 59.7% of occupied private dwellings in Sylvania.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 27.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 12.4% of occupied private dwellings.

43.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

35.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.0% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Sylvania had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 24.0% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 32.0%, while 27.8% had four or more usual residents.

34.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

41.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.6% walked or cycled.

5.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 33.3% of the total.

61.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.2% reported a different address.

24.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

70.8% of residents used only English at home.

25.4% used a language other than English at home.

3.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 2.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

24.7% of Sylvania's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 75.3% was born in Australia.

3.3% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 29.4% of ancestry responses in Sylvania.

Australian ancestry made up 26.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 7.7% of responses.

24.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 18.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.9%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

28.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.4%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

60.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.7% reported asthma, 10.5% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.4%.

Median household income was $1,961 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,730.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $530 per week.

Working from home was 34.9% in Sylvania, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 43.0% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 22.0% in Sylvania, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.