Wetherill Park

18.3% of Wetherill Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

1,788 family households lived in Wetherill Park; 50.5% were couple families and 18.6% were one-parent families.

33.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Wetherill Park had 6,412 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 88.8% of occupied private dwellings in Wetherill Park.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.8% of occupied private dwellings.

43.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

30.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.6% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Wetherill Park had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 13.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 29.7%, while 38.5% had four or more usual residents.

26.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

46.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.7% walked or cycled.

4.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 31.3% of the total.

63.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.1% reported a different address.

53.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

32.8% of residents used only English at home.

62.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.5% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

53.8% of Wetherill Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 46.2% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 8.7% of ancestry responses in Wetherill Park.

Australian ancestry made up 11.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.6% of responses.

17.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 10.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 17.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 44.9%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

21.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.3%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

64.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.8% reported asthma, 9.7% arthritis and 7.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 35.5%.

Median household income was $1,556 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $480 per week.

Working from home was 26.9% in Wetherill Park, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 43.0% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 26.6% in Wetherill Park, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.