Morisset

14.1% of Morisset's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

994 family households lived in Morisset; 28.2% were couple families and 23.2% were one-parent families.

31.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Morisset had 4,078 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

48.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 74.6% of occupied private dwellings in Morisset.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 21.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.7% of occupied private dwellings.

46.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

17.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

36.2% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Morisset had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 39.3% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 34.3%, while 14.8% had four or more usual residents.

17.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

55.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.6% walked or cycled.

9.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 51.7% of the total.

38.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

47.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 52.7% reported a different address.

14.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

88.7% of residents used only English at home.

5.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.8% of Morisset's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.2% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.6% of ancestry responses in Morisset.

Australian ancestry made up 37.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

17.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 9.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 38.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

18.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.8%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

40.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

18.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.5% reported asthma, 17.8% arthritis and 8.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.7%.

Median household income was $959 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,647.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $380 per week.

Working from home was 17.9% in Morisset, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 46.8% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 36.2% in Morisset, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.