Macquarie Hills

22.2% of Macquarie Hills's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

1,076 family households lived in Macquarie Hills; 50.4% were couple families and 13.8% were one-parent families.

43.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Macquarie Hills had 3,605 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

22.5% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 98.3% of occupied private dwellings in Macquarie Hills.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

29.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

57.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

13.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Macquarie Hills had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 13.4% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Two-person households represented 33.3%, while 33.2% had four or more usual residents.

22.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

57.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.7% walked or cycled.

1.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 22.6% of the total.

76.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.2% reported a different address.

9.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

92.0% of residents used only English at home.

5.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

9.0% of Macquarie Hills's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.0% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.6% of ancestry responses in Macquarie Hills.

Australian ancestry made up 46.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

20.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 11.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.2% of workers, and education and training employed 9.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 72.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

42.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

59.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.2% reported asthma, 7.3% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.9%.

Median household income was $2,241 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $473 per week.

Working from home was 22.2% in Macquarie Hills, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 29.1% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 13.4% in Macquarie Hills, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.