Heddon Greta

23.8% of Heddon Greta's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

822 family households lived in Heddon Greta; 48.3% were couple families and 16.8% were one-parent families.

45.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Heddon Greta had 2,838 residents at the 2021 Census.

32.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

21.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 93.5% of occupied private dwellings in Heddon Greta.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

24.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

50.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.9% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Heddon Greta had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 13.1% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Two-person households represented 33.9%, while 32.3% had four or more usual residents.

13.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

64.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

1.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 21.8% of the total.

76.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.0% reported a different address.

5.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

93.5% of residents used only English at home.

2.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

5.1% of Heddon Greta's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.9% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.8% of ancestry responses in Heddon Greta.

Australian ancestry made up 46.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.3% of responses.

12.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 8.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.9% of workers, and education and training employed 6.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.8%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

41.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.5%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

56.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.4% reported asthma, 9.6% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 59.8%.

Median household income was $2,130 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 $420 per week.

Working from home was 13.8% in Heddon Greta, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 24.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 25.9% in Heddon Greta, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.