Cardiff Heights

16.9% of Cardiff Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

377 family households lived in Cardiff Heights; 44.0% were couple families and 13.5% were one-parent families.

35.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Cardiff Heights had 1,384 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.8% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 80.8% of occupied private dwellings in Cardiff Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 17.3% of occupied private dwellings.

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

41.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

42.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Cardiff Heights had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 27.5% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Two-person households represented 35.1%, while 24.0% had four or more usual residents.

25.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

49.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

8.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 30.8% of the total.

60.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.5% reported a different address.

13.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

89.2% of residents used only English at home.

6.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

13.3% of Cardiff Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.7% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.3% of ancestry responses in Cardiff Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 40.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

30.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 12.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.9% of workers, and education and training employed 11.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

32.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.6%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

53.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.4% reported asthma, 13.4% arthritis and 6.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.7%.

Median household income was $1,850 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,050.

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

Working from home was 25.4% in Cardiff Heights, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 41.4% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 16.5% in Cardiff Heights, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.