Rouse Hill

20.8% of Rouse Hill's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

3,092 family households lived in Rouse Hill; 57.8% were couple families and 13.4% were one-parent families.

45.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Rouse Hill had 11,349 residents at the 2021 Census.

32.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

15.8% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 54.4% of occupied private dwellings in Rouse Hill.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 19.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 25.3% of occupied private dwellings.

16.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

43.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

40.1% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Rouse Hill had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 16.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 26.4%, while 38.9% had four or more usual residents.

41.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

34.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

2.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.1% walked or cycled.

3.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 38.2% of the total.

58.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

47.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 52.7% reported a different address.

38.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

61.2% of residents used only English at home.

34.9% used a language other than English at home.

5.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 2.0% spoke Cantonese and 2.5% spoke Hindi.

38.4% of Rouse Hill's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 61.6% was born in Australia.

4.4% of residents were born in China.

6.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 23.6% of ancestry responses in Rouse Hill.

Australian ancestry made up 23.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 9.4% of responses.

28.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 17.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 73.0%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

43.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

69.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.6% reported asthma, 4.5% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

34.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 15.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 23.3%.

Median household income was $2,643 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,730.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $500 per week.

Working from home was 41.8% in Rouse Hill, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 16.1% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 40.1% in Rouse Hill, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.