Lake Heights

21.2% of Lake Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

1,109 family households lived in Lake Heights; 42.7% were couple families and 19.6% were one-parent families.

39.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Lake Heights had 4,105 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.0% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 82.5% of occupied private dwellings in Lake Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 11.2% of occupied private dwellings.

38.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

31.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.6% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Lake Heights had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 24.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 34.2%, while 26.4% had four or more usual residents.

18.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

58.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.4% walked or cycled.

8.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 36.5% of the total.

55.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.9% reported a different address.

29.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

64.7% of residents used only English at home.

31.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

29.3% of Lake Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 70.7% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 22.2% of ancestry responses in Lake Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 26.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

15.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 8.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

26.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.6%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

58.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.9% reported asthma, 9.7% arthritis and 6.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.6%.

Median household income was $1,356 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 $400 per week.

Working from home was 18.6% in Lake Heights, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 38.7% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 29.6% in Lake Heights, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.