Woongarrah

24.5% of Woongarrah's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1,610 family households lived in Woongarrah; 53.9% were couple families and 16.6% were one-parent families.

47.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Woongarrah had 5,962 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

22.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 99.4% of occupied private dwellings in Woongarrah.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

27.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

47.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.3% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Woongarrah had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 10.3% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 27.9%, while 43.8% had four or more usual residents.

22.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

52.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.7% walked or cycled.

1.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 23.9% of the total.

74.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.8% reported a different address.

14.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

88.5% of residents used only English at home.

7.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

14.7% of Woongarrah's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.3% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.3% of ancestry responses in Woongarrah.

Australian ancestry made up 41.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

18.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 12.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.4% of workers, and education and training employed 6.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.2%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

35.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

57.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 8.6% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.6%.

Median household income was $2,255 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $510 per week.

Working from home was 22.8% in Woongarrah, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 27.9% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 24.3% in Woongarrah, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.