Allambie Heights

21.4% of Allambie Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

1,942 family households lived in Allambie Heights; 58.8% were couple families and 10.1% were one-parent families.

43.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Allambie Heights had 7,317 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 87.0% of occupied private dwellings in Allambie Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 9.5% of occupied private dwellings.

37.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

44.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.6% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Allambie Heights had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 18.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 24.5%, while 41.5% had four or more usual residents.

43.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

32.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

1.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.9% walked or cycled.

6.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 29.7% of the total.

63.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.0% reported a different address.

28.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

84.8% of residents used only English at home.

13.0% used a language other than English at home.

1.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.8% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

28.1% of Allambie Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 71.9% was born in Australia.

1.5% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.0% of ancestry responses in Allambie Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 35.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.2% of responses.

28.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 21.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.5% of workers, and education and training employed 9.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.6%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

36.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.2%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

66.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.7% reported asthma, 7.4% arthritis and 3.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

33.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 23.8%.

Median household income was $2,890 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,467.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $600 per week.

Working from home was 43.7% in Allambie Heights, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 37.1% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 18.6% in Allambie Heights, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.