Waterloo

7.8% of Waterloo's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

3,776 family households lived in Waterloo; 20.0% were couple families and 11.7% were one-parent families.

22.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Waterloo had 16,379 residents at the 2021 Census.

54.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

17.9% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 0.5% of occupied private dwellings in Waterloo.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 91.1% of occupied private dwellings.

6.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

18.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

75.2% rented their home. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Waterloo had 1.8 people.

One-person households made up 40.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 41.8%, while 5.9% had four or more usual residents.

52.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

16.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

6.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.9% walked or cycled.

38.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 49.7% of the total.

12.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

30.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 69.1% reported a different address.

54.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

51.8% of residents used only English at home.

39.5% used a language other than English at home.

12.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 3.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

54.2% of Waterloo's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 45.8% was born in Australia.

11.5% of residents were born in China.

1.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 59.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 21.6% of ancestry responses in Waterloo.

Australian ancestry made up 13.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 19.1% of responses.

41.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 17.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.2% of workers, and education and training employed 6.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.2%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

40.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.2%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

64.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.8% reported asthma, 4.9% arthritis and 3.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

40.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 18.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 11.8%.

Median household income was $2,028 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,500.

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

Working from home was 52.0% in Waterloo, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 6.4% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Renting accounted for 75.2% in Waterloo, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.