West Hoxton

21.8% of West Hoxton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

2,624 family households lived in West Hoxton; 64.4% were couple families and 16.4% were one-parent families.

45.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

West Hoxton had 10,152 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

19.9% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 94.1% of occupied private dwellings in West Hoxton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.

27.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

55.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.2% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in West Hoxton had 3.7 people.

One-person households made up 8.0% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 16.3%, while 58.1% had four or more usual residents.

29.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

45.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.3% 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 17.7% of the total.

80.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

74.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 25.3% reported a different address.

40.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

46.3% of residents used only English at home.

49.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 4.7% spoke Hindi.

40.0% of West Hoxton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 60.0% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 10.3% of ancestry responses in West Hoxton.

Australian ancestry made up 14.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 4.7% of responses.

19.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 11.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.2%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

30.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.6% worked part time.

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

69.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.9% reported asthma, 5.2% arthritis and 5.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.6%.

Median household income was $2,468 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,383.

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

Working from home was 29.2% in West Hoxton, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 27.3% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 17.2% in West Hoxton, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.