Charlestown

18.6% of Charlestown's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

3,791 family households lived in Charlestown; 42.6% were couple families and 17.6% were one-parent families.

37.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Charlestown had 13,601 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 76.1% of occupied private dwellings in Charlestown.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 8.9% of occupied private dwellings.

35.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

38.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.7% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Charlestown had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 26.1% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 34.8%, while 23.9% had four or more usual residents.

23.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

52.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% walked or cycled.

6.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 35.5% of the total.

58.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.0% reported a different address.

13.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

88.2% of residents used only English at home.

9.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

13.2% of Charlestown's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.8% was born in Australia.

0.9% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.2% of ancestry responses in Charlestown.

Australian ancestry made up 39.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.5% of responses.

26.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 10.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.3% of workers, and education and training employed 10.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.1%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

36.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

58.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 9.5% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.0%.

Median household income was $1,839 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 23.0% in Charlestown, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 35.2% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 26.7% in Charlestown, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.