Adamstown Heights

22.0% of Adamstown Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

1,617 family households lived in Adamstown Heights; 50.4% were couple families and 11.6% were one-parent families.

41.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Adamstown Heights had 5,621 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.6% 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 95.0% of occupied private dwellings in Adamstown Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.5% of occupied private dwellings.

44.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

40.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Adamstown Heights had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 17.8% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 33.1%, while 32.9% had four or more usual residents.

28.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

48.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% walked or cycled.

3.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 27.0% of the total.

69.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.1% reported a different address.

13.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

89.4% of residents used only English at home.

8.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

13.6% of Adamstown Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.4% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.1% of ancestry responses in Adamstown Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 41.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.8% of responses.

32.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 14.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.1% of workers, and education and training employed 12.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.2%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

36.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.9%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

62.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.2% reported asthma, 8.7% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

33.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 28.9%.

Median household income was $2,325 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,201.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $475 per week.

Working from home was 28.8% in Adamstown Heights, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 44.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 15.3% in Adamstown Heights, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.