Gillieston Heights

26.9% of Gillieston Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

1,381 family households lived in Gillieston Heights; 47.6% were couple families and 16.7% were one-parent families.

51.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Gillieston Heights had 4,796 residents at the 2021 Census.

36.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

15.8% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Separate houses made up 85.5% of occupied private dwellings in Gillieston Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.4% of occupied private dwellings.

18.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

42.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.7% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Gillieston Heights had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 18.5% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 31.6%, while 32.0% had four or more usual residents.

15.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

62.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.4% walked or cycled.

1.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 29.5% of the total.

68.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

37.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 62.1% reported a different address.

9.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

90.1% of residents used only English at home.

7.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

9.6% of Gillieston Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.4% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.3% of ancestry responses in Gillieston Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 46.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

16.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 10.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.2% of workers, and education and training employed 6.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 73.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

43.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.5% worked part time.

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

58.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.9% reported asthma, 7.2% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.7%.

Median household income was $1,986 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $430 per week.

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

Outright ownership was 18.9% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Renting accounted for 38.7% in Gillieston Heights, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.