Rutherford

21.9% of Rutherford's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

3,552 family households lived in Rutherford; 39.9% were couple families and 22.0% were one-parent families.

42.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Rutherford had 13,091 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.4% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 86.9% of occupied private dwellings in Rutherford.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.9% of occupied private dwellings.

25.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

38.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

36.0% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Rutherford had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 26.1% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 32.4%, while 24.5% had four or more usual residents.

10.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

63.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

6.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 36.9% of the total.

56.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.7% reported a different address.

8.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

89.8% of residents used only English at home.

5.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

8.6% of Rutherford's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.4% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.6% of ancestry responses in Rutherford.

Australian ancestry made up 43.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

10.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 7.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.7% of workers, and education and training employed 5.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.2%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

32.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.7%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

50.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.2% reported asthma, 11.6% arthritis and 6.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 55.3%.

Median household income was $1,475 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $360 per week.

Working from home was 10.8% in Rutherford, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 25.5% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 36.0% in Rutherford, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.