Mount Austin

20.6% of Mount Austin's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

939 family households lived in Mount Austin; 33.9% were couple families and 29.6% were one-parent families.

43.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Mount Austin had 4,035 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 90.0% of occupied private dwellings in Mount Austin.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.0% of occupied private dwellings.

24.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

28.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

46.8% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Mount Austin had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 36.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 31.1%, while 17.0% had four or more usual residents.

4.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

72.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.1% walked or cycled.

14.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 42.5% of the total.

43.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.0% reported a different address.

11.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

80.0% of residents used only English at home.

10.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

11.9% of Mount Austin's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.1% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.6% of ancestry responses in Mount Austin.

Australian ancestry made up 39.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

11.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 6.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.0% of workers, and education and training employed 6.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.8%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

26.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.9%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

46.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

13.5% reported asthma, 11.2% arthritis and 6.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.4%.

Median household income was $1,124 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,148.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 4.0% in Mount Austin, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 24.4% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 46.8% in Mount Austin, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.