North Rocks

19.6% of North Rocks's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

2,615 family households lived in North Rocks; 54.1% were couple families and 11.6% were one-parent families.

39.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

North Rocks had 9,136 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 78.2% of occupied private dwellings in North Rocks.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 14.1% of occupied private dwellings.

36.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

39.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.2% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in North Rocks had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 14.3% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 31.8%, while 35.7% had four or more usual residents.

44.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

33.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

1.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

2.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 29.9% of the total.

67.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.2% reported a different address.

41.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

54.4% of residents used only English at home.

42.7% used a language other than English at home.

12.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 5.8% spoke Cantonese and 1.7% spoke Hindi.

41.4% of North Rocks's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 58.6% was born in Australia.

10.8% of residents were born in China.

3.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 21.5% of ancestry responses in North Rocks.

Australian ancestry made up 21.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 22.3% of responses.

33.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 16.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.4% of workers, and education and training employed 10.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.7%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

34.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

67.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.8% reported asthma, 7.3% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

36.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 17.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 19.9%.

Median household income was $2,354 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,817.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $505 per week.

Working from home was 44.4% in North Rocks, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 36.2% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 24.2% in North Rocks, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.