Darlington Point

15.0% of Darlington Point's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

265 family households lived in Darlington Point; 33.6% were couple families and 22.6% were one-parent families.

30.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Darlington Point had 1,030 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.7% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Separate houses made up 92.8% of occupied private dwellings in Darlington Point.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.7% of occupied private dwellings.

37.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

31.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.5% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Darlington Point had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 32.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 39.2%, while 17.7% had four or more usual residents.

6.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

73.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.1% walked or cycled.

3.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 35.0% of the total.

60.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.3% reported a different address.

6.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

84.5% of residents used only English at home.

4.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

6.8% of Darlington Point's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.2% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.0% of ancestry responses in Darlington Point.

Australian ancestry made up 43.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

6.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 18.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.8% of workers, and education and training employed 5.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.2%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

35.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.2%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

48.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

14.7% reported asthma, 12.9% arthritis and 6.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

9.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.8%.

Median household income was $1,312 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 6.1% in Darlington Point, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 37.2% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 31.5% in Darlington Point, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.