Hamilton

11.2% of Hamilton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

1,094 family households lived in Hamilton; 32.3% were couple families and 18.8% were one-parent families.

29.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Hamilton had 4,614 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 58.2% of occupied private dwellings in Hamilton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 25.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 15.0% of occupied private dwellings.

29.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

24.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

45.9% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Hamilton had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 34.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 35.9%, while 14.6% had four or more usual residents.

26.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

44.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

2.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.9% walked or cycled.

11.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 44.6% of the total.

44.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

47.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 52.1% reported a different address.

17.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

84.2% of residents used only English at home.

11.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

17.1% of Hamilton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.9% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

1.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.9% of ancestry responses in Hamilton.

Australian ancestry made up 35.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

32.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 11.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.4% of workers, and education and training employed 10.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

33.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 25.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

54.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 10.1% arthritis and 4.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

32.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 25.5%.

Median household income was $1,689 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 $420 per week.

Working from home was 26.1% in Hamilton, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 29.6% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 45.9% in Hamilton, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.