Heathcote

18.6% of Heathcote's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

1,723 family households lived in Heathcote; 49.5% were couple families and 12.8% were one-parent families.

37.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Heathcote had 6,148 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 74.2% of occupied private dwellings in Heathcote.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 12.7% of occupied private dwellings.

41.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

46.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.0% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Heathcote had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 21.1% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 31.5%, while 30.6% had four or more usual residents.

32.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

43.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

2.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

6.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 31.1% of the total.

62.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

72.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 27.5% reported a different address.

12.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

90.6% of residents used only English at home.

4.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

12.0% of Heathcote's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.0% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.9% of ancestry responses in Heathcote.

Australian ancestry made up 43.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

23.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 13.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.8% of workers, and education and training employed 11.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.7%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

35.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.6%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

56.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.3% reported asthma, 11.5% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.9%.

Median household income was $2,240 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,553.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $520 per week.

Working from home was 32.8% in Heathcote, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 41.8% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 12.0% in Heathcote, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.