Emu Heights

19.8% of Emu Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

932 family households lived in Emu Heights; 52.1% were couple families and 14.9% were one-parent families.

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

Emu Heights had 3,205 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.5% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Separate houses made up 97.0% of occupied private dwellings in Emu Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.

32.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

51.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.5% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Emu Heights had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 16.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 31.0%, while 33.7% had four or more usual residents.

29.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

45.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

2.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 24.9% of the total.

72.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

74.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 25.4% reported a different address.

13.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

92.4% of residents used only English at home.

5.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

13.0% of Emu Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.0% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.3% of ancestry responses in Emu Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 43.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

20.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 11.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.5% of workers, and education and training employed 10.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.2%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

39.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.0%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

60.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 8.0% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.6%.

Median household income was $2,398 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $440 per week.

Working from home was 29.6% in Emu Heights, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 32.4% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 16.5% in Emu Heights, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.