Castle Hill

17.9% of Castle Hill's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

288 family households lived in Castle Hill; 45.8% were couple families and 8.3% were one-parent families.

36.8% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Castle Hill had 972 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 91.9% of occupied private dwellings in Castle Hill.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.5% of occupied private dwellings.

47.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

39.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

13.2% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Castle Hill had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 15.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 39.0%, while 28.6% had four or more usual residents.

11.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

72.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.1% walked or cycled.

1.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 19.0% of the total.

78.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.2% reported a different address.

20.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

87.3% of residents used only English at home.

8.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 1.2% spoke Hindi.

20.3% of Castle Hill's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.8% of ancestry responses in Castle Hill.

Australian ancestry made up 33.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.3% of responses.

49.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 20.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 27.5% of workers, and education and training employed 12.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 71.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

47.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

69.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.2% reported asthma, 6.5% arthritis and 1.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

40.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 19.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 14.7%.

Median household income was $3,781 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,817.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $570 per week.

Working from home was 11.1% in Castle Hill, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 47.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 13.2% in Castle Hill, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.