Palmdale

9.5% of Palmdale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

25 family households lived in Palmdale; 40.0% were couple families and 12.0% were one-parent families.

20.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Palmdale had 95 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

46.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 97.4% of occupied private dwellings in Palmdale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

63.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

26.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

10.0% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Palmdale had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 13.5% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 27.0%, while 13.5% had four or more usual residents.

37.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

37.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 16.2% of the total.

81.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.9% reported a different address.

13.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

90.5% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.7% of Palmdale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.3% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 96.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.2% of ancestry responses in Palmdale.

Australian ancestry made up 44.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

37.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 10.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 18.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.6% of workers, and education and training employed 16.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 43.5%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

26.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 10.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.7%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

55.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.2% reported asthma, 13.7% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

37.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 15.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 22.0%.

Median household income was $2,156 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,253.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 37.8% in Palmdale, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 63.3% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

Renting accounted for 10.0% in Palmdale, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.