Katoomba

13.8% of Katoomba's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

2,112 family households lived in Katoomba; 31.5% were couple families and 21.6% were one-parent families.

31.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Katoomba had 8,268 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 81.9% of occupied private dwellings in Katoomba.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 11.0% of occupied private dwellings.

36.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

29.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

34.5% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Katoomba had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 39.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 35.0%, while 13.4% had four or more usual residents.

31.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

37.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.3% walked or cycled.

14.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 49.0% of the total.

36.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.2% reported a different address.

22.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

86.0% of residents used only English at home.

9.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

22.4% of Katoomba's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 77.6% was born in Australia.

1.0% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.0% of ancestry responses in Katoomba.

Australian ancestry made up 31.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.1% of responses.

29.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Managers accounted for 11.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.3% of workers, and education and training employed 12.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.1%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

21.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.0%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

51.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

15.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 10.9% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.9%.

Median household income was $1,171 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,600.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 31.8% in Katoomba, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 36.2% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 34.5% in Katoomba, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.