McLeans Ridges

18.1% of McLeans Ridges's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

240 family households lived in McLeans Ridges; 43.8% were couple families and 6.7% were one-parent families.

27.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

McLeans Ridges had 808 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 97.1% of occupied private dwellings in McLeans Ridges.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.5% of occupied private dwellings.

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

45.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

46.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in McLeans Ridges had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 11.2% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Two-person households represented 40.9%, while 31.2% 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.

57.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 17.0% of the total.

84.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.3% reported a different address.

10.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

93.6% of residents used only English at home.

2.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.1% of McLeans Ridges's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.9% was born in Australia.

0.6% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.3% of ancestry responses in McLeans Ridges.

Australian ancestry made up 43.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

30.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 16.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 24.8% of workers, and education and training employed 11.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.6%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

34.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

60.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 8.2% arthritis and 3.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

30.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.2%.

Median household income was $2,305 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

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

Outright ownership was 45.9% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 7.4% in McLeans Ridges, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.