Barrack Heights

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

1,739 family households lived in Barrack Heights; 35.7% were couple families and 26.2% were one-parent families.

34.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Barrack Heights had 6,003 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 88.2% of occupied private dwellings in Barrack Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 10.4% of occupied private dwellings.

37.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

29.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.8% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Barrack Heights had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 24.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 35.5%, while 23.0% had four or more usual residents.

14.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

60.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.6% walked or cycled.

7.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 36.5% of the total.

55.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.1% reported a different address.

19.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

82.0% of residents used only English at home.

13.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

19.5% of Barrack Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.5% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.2% of ancestry responses in Barrack Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 36.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

13.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 7.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

25.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.9%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

54.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 12.6% arthritis and 6.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.5%.

Median household income was $1,340 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,863.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $380 per week.

Working from home was 14.1% in Barrack Heights, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 37.1% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 33.8% in Barrack Heights, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.