Barden Ridge

18.2% of Barden Ridge's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

1,179 family households lived in Barden Ridge; 58.4% were couple families and 10.5% were one-parent families.

34.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Barden Ridge had 4,129 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 91.6% of occupied private dwellings in Barden Ridge.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.7% of occupied private dwellings.

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

43.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

50.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

6.2% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Barden Ridge had 3.3 people.

One-person households made up 7.4% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 29.2%, while 46.5% had four or more usual residents.

35.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

43.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.7% walked or cycled.

1.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 13.5% of the total.

86.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

76.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 23.7% reported a different address.

15.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

86.5% of residents used only English at home.

12.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

15.6% of Barden Ridge's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.4% was born in Australia.

1.0% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 96.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.2% of ancestry responses in Barden Ridge.

Australian ancestry made up 38.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.1% of responses.

23.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 16.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.1% of workers, and education and training employed 11.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.8%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

39.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.6%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

62.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 7.9% arthritis and 4.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.2%.

Median household income was $3,134 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,641.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $685 per week.

Working from home was 35.0% in Barden Ridge, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 43.6% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 6.2% in Barden Ridge, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.