Farmborough Heights

19.5% of Farmborough Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,191 family households lived in Farmborough Heights; 50.5% were couple families and 11.8% were one-parent families.

38.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Farmborough Heights had 4,179 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.0% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 95.6% of occupied private dwellings in Farmborough Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.1% of occupied private dwellings.

38.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

48.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

13.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Farmborough Heights had 2.8 people.

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

Two-person households represented 33.3%, while 32.0% had four or more usual residents.

27.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

51.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.5% walked or cycled.

2.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 25.7% of the total.

72.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.1% reported a different address.

17.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

82.9% of residents used only English at home.

11.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

17.5% of Farmborough Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.5% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 34.3% of ancestry responses in Farmborough Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 36.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

25.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 11.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.1% of workers, and education and training employed 11.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.8%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

35.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

58.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 8.9% arthritis and 4.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.3%.

Median household income was $2,234 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,008.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $450 per week.

Working from home was 27.8% in Farmborough Heights, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 38.5% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 13.0% in Farmborough Heights, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.