Rushcutters Bay

5.6% of Rushcutters Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

425 family households lived in Rushcutters Bay; 19.1% were couple families and 9.4% were one-parent families.

21.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Rushcutters Bay had 2,335 residents at the 2021 Census.

49.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Sydney average.

Separate houses made up 0.5% of occupied private dwellings in Rushcutters Bay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 98.6% of occupied private dwellings.

18.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

16.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

64.7% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

The average household in Rushcutters Bay had 1.5 people.

One-person households made up 61.9% of occupied homes. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

Two-person households represented 29.1%, while 3.0% had four or more usual residents.

58.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

9.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Greater Sydney rate.

6.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 12.2% walked or cycled.

48.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Sydney rate.

One-car households formed 42.9% of the total.

8.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

35.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 64.7% reported a different address.

38.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Sydney.

72.3% of residents used only English at home.

18.2% used a language other than English at home.

1.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

38.3% of Rushcutters Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 61.7% was born in Australia.

1.2% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 76.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.0% of ancestry responses in Rushcutters Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 18.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.3% of responses.

44.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Managers accounted for 20.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.3% of workers, and education and training employed 6.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.0%, compared with 60.0% across Greater Sydney.

48.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 5.1% across Greater Sydney.

59.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.8% reported asthma, 5.4% arthritis and 2.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

41.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Sydney average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 19.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 9.5%.

Median household income was $1,877 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,600.

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

Working from home was 58.2% in Rushcutters Bay, compared with 38.9% across Greater Sydney.

Outright ownership was 18.3% locally and 28.6% across Greater Sydney. That is well below the Greater Sydney average.

Renting accounted for 64.7% in Rushcutters Bay, against 37.1% across Greater Sydney.