Ropes Crossing

30.7% of Ropes Crossing's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1,875 family households lived in Ropes Crossing; 63.6% were couple families and 14.3% were one-parent families.

62.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Ropes Crossing had 7,280 residents at the 2021 Census.

37.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

12.3% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Separate houses made up 78.5% of occupied private dwellings in Ropes Crossing.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.5% of occupied private dwellings.

10.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

60.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.2% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Ropes Crossing had 3.3 people.

One-person households made up 14.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 19.5%, while 46.1% had four or more usual residents.

30.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

44.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

2.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

3.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 35.8% of the total.

60.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.3% reported a different address.

42.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

51.5% of residents used only English at home.

43.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 3.9% spoke Hindi.

42.9% of Ropes Crossing's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 57.1% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

9.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 18.1% of ancestry responses in Ropes Crossing.

Australian ancestry made up 18.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.3% of responses.

21.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 10.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 17.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.3% of workers, and education and training employed 6.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.0%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

40.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.6%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

71.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.5% reported asthma, 4.6% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 14.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 26.7%.

Median household income was $2,216 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $480 per week.

Working from home was 30.6% in Ropes Crossing, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 10.0% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Renting accounted for 29.2% in Ropes Crossing, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.