Rooty Hill

20.2% of Rooty Hill's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

4,020 family households lived in Rooty Hill; 56.5% were couple families and 17.2% were one-parent families.

43.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Rooty Hill had 16,176 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 76.5% of occupied private dwellings in Rooty Hill.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 19.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.2% of occupied private dwellings.

24.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

41.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.4% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Rooty Hill had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 15.8% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 22.1%, while 41.1% had four or more usual residents.

24.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

46.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

4.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

7.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

One-car households formed 36.0% of the total.

57.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.6% reported a different address.

49.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

40.3% of residents used only English at home.

52.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.8% spoke Cantonese and 3.6% spoke Hindi.

49.6% of Rooty Hill's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 50.4% was born in Australia.

1.1% of residents were born in China.

5.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 78.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 13.0% of ancestry responses in Rooty Hill.

Australian ancestry made up 14.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.2% of responses.

19.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 7.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.5% of workers, and education and training employed 5.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.3%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

30.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.0%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

62.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.1% reported asthma, 6.6% arthritis and 7.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

31.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 25.7%.

Median household income was $2,001 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.

Working from home was 24.6% in Rooty Hill, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 24.9% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 33.4% in Rooty Hill, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.