Ashford

15.0% of Ashford's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

170 family households lived in Ashford; 28.2% were couple families and 17.1% were one-parent families.

32.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Ashford had 659 residents at the 2021 Census.

12.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

49.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 96.3% of occupied private dwellings in Ashford.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.8% of occupied private dwellings.

56.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

21.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.9% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Ashford had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 35.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 39.6%, while 14.7% had four or more usual residents.

15.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

54.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 9.1% walked or cycled.

5.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

One-car households formed 34.4% of the total.

58.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.2% reported a different address.

4.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

89.1% of residents used only English at home.

2.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.8% spoke Hindi.

4.2% of Ashford's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.8% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.8% of ancestry responses in Ashford.

Australian ancestry made up 45.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

6.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 28.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.0% of workers, and education and training employed 7.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 43.6%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

20.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.8%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

45.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.6% reported asthma, 21.2% arthritis and 10.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

7.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.4%.

Median household income was $855 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $658.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $185 per week.

Working from home was 15.5% in Ashford, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 56.6% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 21.9% in Ashford, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.