Rankin Park

20.7% of Rankin Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

782 family households lived in Rankin Park; 43.1% were couple families and 14.8% were one-parent families.

38.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Rankin Park had 2,547 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 98.7% of occupied private dwellings in Rankin Park.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

42.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

45.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Rankin Park had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 16.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 38.4%, while 26.1% had four or more usual residents.

27.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

49.4% 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 1.2% walked or cycled.

1.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 28.0% of the total.

69.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.9% reported a different address.

12.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

90.4% of residents used only English at home.

7.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

12.1% of Rankin Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.9% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.6% of ancestry responses in Rankin Park.

Australian ancestry made up 42.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.1% of responses.

33.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 11.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.5% of workers, and education and training employed 13.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

35.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.4%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

56.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 9.5% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

32.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.7%.

Median household income was $2,214 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $450 per week.

Working from home was 27.2% in Rankin Park, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 42.8% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 12.0% in Rankin Park, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.