Mount Ousley

17.8% of Mount Ousley's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

456 family households lived in Mount Ousley; 46.5% were couple families and 12.5% were one-parent families.

35.1% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Mount Ousley had 1,611 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 93.9% of occupied private dwellings in Mount Ousley.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.6% of occupied private dwellings.

48.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

36.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.7% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Mount Ousley had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 18.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 33.4%, while 28.7% had four or more usual residents.

30.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

42.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.8% walked or cycled.

3.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 29.7% of the total.

66.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.2% reported a different address.

18.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

83.7% of residents used only English at home.

14.2% used a language other than English at home.

2.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

18.1% of Mount Ousley's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.9% was born in Australia.

2.2% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 34.8% of ancestry responses in Mount Ousley.

Australian ancestry made up 35.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 4.1% of responses.

30.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 14.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.0% of workers, and education and training employed 15.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.4%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

30.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.9% worked part time.

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

61.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.8% reported asthma, 9.9% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.5%.

Median household income was $2,293 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,450.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $500 per week.

Working from home was 30.8% in Mount Ousley, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 48.8% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 14.7% in Mount Ousley, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.