Riverstone

24.2% of Riverstone's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

2,350 family households lived in Riverstone; 52.2% were couple families and 18.3% were one-parent families.

49.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Riverstone had 8,627 residents at the 2021 Census.

34.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

17.9% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 94.5% of occupied private dwellings in Riverstone.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.0% of occupied private dwellings.

18.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

45.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.9% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Riverstone had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 15.6% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 28.7%, while 33.9% had four or more usual residents.

31.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

39.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

3.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

4.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 34.7% of the total.

60.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

44.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 56.0% reported a different address.

29.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

66.1% of residents used only English at home.

28.3% used a language other than English at home.

1.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.8% spoke Cantonese and 1.8% spoke Hindi.

29.2% of Riverstone's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 70.8% was born in Australia.

1.2% of residents were born in China.

6.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 26.2% of ancestry responses in Riverstone.

Australian ancestry made up 30.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.4% of responses.

22.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 11.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.7% of workers, and education and training employed 7.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.6%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

35.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.3%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

63.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.0% reported asthma, 6.3% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.5%.

Median household income was $2,138 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,513.

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

Working from home was 31.8% in Riverstone, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 18.9% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 35.9% in Riverstone, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.