Lake Haven

16.0% of Lake Haven's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

936 family households lived in Lake Haven; 27.4% were couple families and 30.6% were one-parent families.

33.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Lake Haven had 3,529 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 71.9% of occupied private dwellings in Lake Haven.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 23.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.6% of occupied private dwellings.

37.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

25.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

37.2% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

The average household in Lake Haven had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 34.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 34.9%, while 16.6% had four or more usual residents.

16.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

56.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.9% walked or cycled.

12.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 43.2% of the total.

44.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.3% reported a different address.

15.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

84.2% of residents used only English at home.

7.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

15.2% of Lake Haven's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.8% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.0% of ancestry responses in Lake Haven.

Australian ancestry made up 36.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.7% of responses.

11.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 8.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.6% of workers, and education and training employed 5.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 40.8%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

20.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.8%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

43.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.7% reported asthma, 15.8% arthritis and 8.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

9.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.9%.

Median household income was $1,023 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,700.

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

Working from home was 16.0% in Lake Haven, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 37.4% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 37.2% in Lake Haven, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.