Ruse

20.4% of Ruse's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Sydney average.

1,608 family households lived in Ruse; 44.6% were couple families and 18.8% were one-parent families.

39.5% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

Ruse had 5,632 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 96.6% of occupied private dwellings in Ruse.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

34.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

45.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

19.8% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

The average household in Ruse had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 18.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Sydney average.

Two-person households represented 32.2%, while 29.3% had four or more usual residents.

23.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

46.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

1.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.4% 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 32.1% of the total.

64.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.7% reported a different address.

22.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

78.7% of residents used only English at home.

17.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

22.8% of Ruse's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 77.2% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.2% of ancestry responses in Ruse.

Australian ancestry made up 37.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.9% of responses.

15.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Managers accounted for 10.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.2% of workers, and education and training employed 8.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.3%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

29.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.1% worked part time.

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

57.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.3% reported asthma, 11.1% arthritis and 6.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.4%.

Median household income was $1,797 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $410 per week.

Working from home was 23.6% in Ruse, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 34.9% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 19.8% in Ruse, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.