Mount Colah

19.9% of Mount Colah's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

2,295 family households lived in Mount Colah; 55.5% were couple families and 11.9% were one-parent families.

39.5% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Mount Colah had 7,816 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 83.8% of occupied private dwellings in Mount Colah.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 12.3% of occupied private dwellings.

33.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

48.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.9% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Mount Colah had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 15.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 30.2%, while 34.2% had four or more usual residents.

40.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

36.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

2.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

3.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 33.9% of the total.

62.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.5% reported a different address.

32.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

72.5% of residents used only English at home.

25.7% used a language other than English at home.

3.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.3% spoke Cantonese and 1.4% spoke Hindi.

32.8% of Mount Colah's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 67.2% was born in Australia.

3.2% of residents were born in China.

3.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.8% of ancestry responses in Mount Colah.

Australian ancestry made up 31.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 7.0% of responses.

31.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 15.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.7% of workers, and education and training employed 12.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.9%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

40.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.5%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

64.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.8% reported asthma, 7.1% arthritis and 4.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

34.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 24.6%.

Median household income was $2,505 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,544.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $525 per week.

Working from home was 40.9% in Mount Colah, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 33.3% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 17.9% in Mount Colah, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.