Rathmines

17.7% of Rathmines's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

628 family households lived in Rathmines; 35.4% were couple families and 19.7% were one-parent families.

31.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Rathmines had 2,076 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 92.6% of occupied private dwellings in Rathmines.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

45.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

41.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

13.9% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Rathmines had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 18.6% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 40.8%, while 22.9% had four or more usual residents.

18.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

59.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.4% 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 29.4% of the total.

67.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.0% reported a different address.

11.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

91.8% of residents used only English at home.

4.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

11.3% of Rathmines's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.7% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.8% of ancestry responses in Rathmines.

Australian ancestry made up 41.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.4% of responses.

19.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

Managers accounted for 8.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.8% of workers, and education and training employed 10.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

30.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.4%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

49.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.9% reported asthma, 13.2% arthritis and 5.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.6%.

Median household income was $1,517 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 18.2% in Rathmines, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 45.0% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 13.9% in Rathmines, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.