Aberdeen

18.3% of Aberdeen's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

563 family households lived in Aberdeen; 40.7% were couple families and 13.9% were one-parent families.

37.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Aberdeen had 2,051 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 89.7% of occupied private dwellings in Aberdeen.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.1% of occupied private dwellings.

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

38.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

37.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.5% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Aberdeen had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 29.9% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 36.2%, while 21.5% had four or more usual residents.

7.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

70.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.5% walked or cycled.

4.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 34.2% of the total.

60.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.5% reported a different address.

6.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

92.9% of residents used only English at home.

2.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

6.1% of Aberdeen's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.9% was born in Australia.

0.6% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.4% of ancestry responses in Aberdeen.

Australian ancestry made up 47.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

7.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 7.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.5% of workers, and education and training employed 5.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.8%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

35.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

54.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.7% reported asthma, 11.2% arthritis and 6.4% 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 1.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 61.1%.

Median household income was $1,426 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 $280 per week.

Working from home was 7.2% in Aberdeen, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 38.3% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 24.5% in Aberdeen, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.