Tallawong

26.7% of Tallawong's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1,774 family households lived in Tallawong; 61.2% were couple families and 12.1% were one-parent families.

57.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Tallawong had 6,570 residents at the 2021 Census.

43.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

8.3% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Separate houses made up 86.0% of occupied private dwellings in Tallawong.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 11.1% of occupied private dwellings.

4.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

56.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

39.2% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Tallawong had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 9.8% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 23.5%, while 42.7% had four or more usual residents.

43.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

32.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

3.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.1% walked or cycled.

1.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 36.7% of the total.

61.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

9.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 90.1% reported a different address.

49.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

41.6% of residents used only English at home.

52.5% used a language other than English at home.

4.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.4% spoke Cantonese and 6.1% spoke Hindi.

49.5% of Tallawong's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 50.5% was born in Australia.

3.8% of residents were born in China.

19.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 74.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 13.5% of ancestry responses in Tallawong.

Australian ancestry made up 17.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 8.0% of responses.

31.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 14.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 74.1%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

45.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.8%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

74.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.7% reported asthma, 2.2% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

37.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 18.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 17.4%.

Median household income was $2,759 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $575 per week.

Working from home was 43.5% in Tallawong, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 4.8% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Renting accounted for 39.2% in Tallawong, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.