Wakeley

17.0% of Wakeley's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

1,348 family households lived in Wakeley; 51.6% were couple families and 19.3% were one-parent families.

34.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Wakeley had 4,893 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 85.9% of occupied private dwellings in Wakeley.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.3% of occupied private dwellings.

42.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

32.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.1% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Wakeley had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 13.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 26.4%, while 40.4% had four or more usual residents.

27.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

46.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

5.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 31.1% of the total.

63.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

73.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.2% reported a different address.

58.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

21.2% of residents used only English at home.

74.0% used a language other than English at home.

1.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 3.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

58.8% of Wakeley's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 41.2% was born in Australia.

1.0% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 5.5% of ancestry responses in Wakeley.

Australian ancestry made up 8.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 13.1% of responses.

21.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 9.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.8% of workers, and education and training employed 6.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 42.5%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

21.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.5%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

64.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

5.4% reported asthma, 7.8% arthritis and 7.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.4%.

Median household income was $1,553 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,058.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $450 per week.

Working from home was 27.4% in Wakeley, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 42.3% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 25.1% in Wakeley, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.