Castle Hill

18.8% of Castle Hill's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

11,503 family households lived in Castle Hill; 55.8% were couple families and 10.7% were one-parent families.

38.8% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Castle Hill had 40,874 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 73.7% of occupied private dwellings in Castle Hill.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 15.3% of occupied private dwellings.

36.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

39.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.1% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Castle Hill had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 15.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 28.4%, while 37.1% had four or more usual residents.

47.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

31.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

2.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

4.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 32.7% of the total.

62.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.8% reported a different address.

44.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

54.4% of residents used only English at home.

42.3% used a language other than English at home.

11.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 4.8% spoke Cantonese and 2.3% spoke Hindi.

44.4% of Castle Hill's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 55.6% was born in Australia.

9.2% of residents were born in China.

5.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 21.4% of ancestry responses in Castle Hill.

Australian ancestry made up 19.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 20.2% of responses.

34.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 19.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.3% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.0%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

35.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

66.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.2% reported asthma, 6.8% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

37.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 18.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 16.5%.

Median household income was $2,551 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $3,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $560 per week.

Working from home was 47.6% in Castle Hill, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 36.8% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 24.1% in Castle Hill, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.