Singleton Heights

24.2% of Singleton Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

1,277 family households lived in Singleton Heights; 45.7% were couple families and 19.9% were one-parent families.

46.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Singleton Heights had 4,896 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

22.6% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 82.9% of occupied private dwellings in Singleton Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.3% of occupied private dwellings.

24.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

41.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

34.1% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Singleton Heights had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 25.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 31.3%, while 26.9% had four or more usual residents.

8.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

66.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.5% walked or cycled.

3.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 32.1% of the total.

63.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.5% reported a different address.

8.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

90.8% of residents used only English at home.

3.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

8.8% of Singleton Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.2% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.9% of ancestry responses in Singleton Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 46.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

11.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 6.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.8% of workers, and education and training employed 5.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

37.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

55.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.7% reported asthma, 9.7% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 55.2%.

Median household income was $1,925 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 $320 per week.

Working from home was 8.8% in Singleton Heights, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 24.7% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 34.1% in Singleton Heights, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.