Weston

21.5% of Weston's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

1,148 family households lived in Weston; 37.4% were couple families and 25.0% were one-parent families.

39.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Weston had 4,088 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.9% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 96.0% of occupied private dwellings in Weston.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.7% of occupied private dwellings.

33.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

41.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.2% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Weston had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 22.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 34.6%, while 26.6% had four or more usual residents.

9.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

65.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

5.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 33.4% of the total.

61.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.6% reported a different address.

4.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

92.5% of residents used only English at home.

1.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

4.9% of Weston's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.1% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.2% of ancestry responses in Weston.

Australian ancestry made up 47.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

8.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 7.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.9% of workers, and education and training employed 5.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.2%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

29.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.4%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

50.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.0% reported asthma, 12.2% arthritis and 6.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

8.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 60.4%.

Median household income was $1,343 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $320 per week.

Working from home was 9.8% in Weston, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 33.5% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 25.2% in Weston, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.